wok diff perl-uri/description.txt @ rev 25140
updated pigz (2.4 -> 2.7)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Wed Jun 29 14:12:55 2022 +0100 (2022-06-29) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/perl-uri/description.txt Wed Jun 29 14:12:55 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ 1.4 +This module implements the URI class. 1.5 +Objects of this class represent "Uniform Resource Identifier references" as 1.6 +specified in RFC 2396 (and updated by RFC 2732). 1.7 + 1.8 +A Uniform Resource Identifier is a compact string of characters that 1.9 +identifies an abstract or physical resource. 1.10 +A Uniform Resource Identifier can be further classified as either a 1.11 +Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or a Uniform Resource Name (URN). 1.12 +The distinction between URL and URN does not matter to the URI class interface. 1.13 +A "URI-reference" is a URI that may have additional information attached in 1.14 +the form of a fragment identifier. 1.15 + 1.16 +An absolute URI reference consists of three parts: a scheme, a scheme-specific 1.17 +part and a fragment identifier. 1.18 +A subset of URI references share a common syntax for hierarchical namespaces. 1.19 +For these, the scheme-specific part is further broken down into authority, 1.20 +path and query components. 1.21 +These URIs can also take the form of relative URI references, where the scheme 1.22 +(and usually also the authority) component is missing, but implied by the 1.23 +context of the URI reference.