@misc{rfc8141, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 8141, howpublished = {RFC 8141}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC8141}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8141}, author = {Peter Saint-Andre and Dr. John C. Klensin}, title = {{Uniform Resource Names (URNs)}}, pagetotal = 40, year = 2017, month = apr, abstract = {A Uniform Resource Name (URN) is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that is assigned under the "urn" URI scheme and a particular URN namespace, with the intent that the URN will be a persistent, location-independent resource identifier. With regard to URN syntax, this document defines the canonical syntax for URNs (in a way that is consistent with URI syntax), specifies methods for determining URN-equivalence, and discusses URI conformance. With regard to URN namespaces, this document specifies a method for defining a URN namespace and associating it with a namespace identifier, and it describes procedures for registering namespace identifiers with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). This document obsoletes both RFCs 2141 and 3406.}, }