CURIE

In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, a CURIE (or Compact URI) defines a generic, abbreviated syntax for expressing <a href="/facts/Uniform_Resource_Identifier/UjyqxTpA">Uniform Resource Identifiers</a> (URIs). It is an abbreviated URI expressed in a compact syntax, and may be found in both <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> and non-XML grammars. A CURIE may be considered a <a href="/facts/Datatype/fcx5hgVL">datatype</a>.
An example of CURIE syntax: [isbn:0393315703]
The square brackets may be used to prevent ambiguities between CURIEs and regular URIs, yielding so-called safe CURIEs.
<a href="/facts/QName/eXNn4afN">QNames</a> (the <a href="/facts/XML_Namespace/vRXPlXVn">namespace</a> prefixes used in <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>) often are used as a CURIE, and may be considered a type of CURIE. Unlike QNames, the part of a CURIE after the colon does not need to conform to the rules for XML element names.
The first W3C Working Draft of CURIE syntax was released 7 March 2007.
The final recommendation was released 16 December 2010.

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