'''[http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2141%|%URN]''', or '''U'''niform '''R'''esource '''N'''ame, is an [IETF] [RFC] specifies a syntax for [URI%|%URIs] that server as persistent location-independent resource identifiers. ** Description ** A URN is a [URI] which '''names''' a resource. [URL]s, in contrast, describe the location of a resource. RFC 2141 has the URN of `urn:ietf:RFC:2141`, and the [URL] `http://www.ietf.org/rfc2141.txt`. ---- Given the serverity of this situation, I wonder why URNs have never caught on? <> Glossary | Internet