What is the scheme-specific part in a URI?

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I can't find any explanation as to what exactly the "scheme-specific part" of a URI is.

In my case the URI class in Java. – Monstieur Jun 06 '14 at 08:35 — Monstieur, Jun 06 '14 at 08:35

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 17 '20 at 19:36

All URIs and absolute URI references are formed with a scheme name, followed by a colon character (":"), and the remainder of the URI called (in the outdated RFCs 1738 and 2396, but not the current STD 66/RFC 3986) the scheme-specific part.

The scheme-specific-part is what you have after the :.

Example :

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24077453/
scheme  :   scheme-specific-part

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 07 '21 at 06:15

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Each URI begins with a scheme name that refers to a specification for assigning identifiers within that scheme. As such, the URI syntax is a federated and extensible naming system wherein each scheme's specification may further restrict the syntax and semantics of identifiers using that scheme.

See this section of the URI rfc https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-3.1

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answered Jun 06 '14 at 08:36

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '19 at 12:40

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Scheme specific means just to simple define which Protocol is used by the Url like HTTP or HTTPS . So simply add these in URL to work fine Scheme Specific http://localhost:8080/api/notes

Without Scheme localhost:8080/api/notes

answered Sep 05 '19 at 12:40

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What is the scheme-specific part in a URI?

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