5.2 Universal Resource Locators (URLs)

• An approach for locating resources http://www.w3.org/Addressing/rfc1738.txt
• General syntax: <scheme>:<scheme-dependent-information>
• Different schemes are common: ftp, http, mailto, .... Example: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/, mailto:abc@osu.edu
• The two slashes after the colon normally indicate a machine name.