Editing Uniform Resource Name (section)

{{short description|Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that uses the urn scheme}}
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A '''Uniform Resource Name''' ('''URN''') is a [[Uniform Resource Identifier]] (URI) that uses the {{code|urn}} [[URI scheme|scheme]]. URNs are globally unique [[persistent identifier]]s assigned within defined [[namespace]]s so they will be available for a long period of time, even after the resource which they identify ceases to exist or becomes unavailable.{{sfnp|RFC 8141|2017}} URNs cannot be used to directly locate an item and need not be resolvable, as they are simply templates that another parser may use to find an item.