Where is the difference between locating and identifying a resource?

terminology, uri, url

Solution

They can look the same, but they're not the same thing. A URL identifies something that can be transferred over some protocol (often http). A URI, can be used to identify a namespace (for example) but there might not be any content at the address.

Problem

Possible Duplicate: What's the difference between a URI and a URL? Is there any difference? I'm talking about URI for identifying, but URL for locating. Aren't both the same thing?

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