In most cases, this URI will specify a URL. The difference between a URL and a URI is that a URI is unevaluated. That is, it is a string representation of a resource, without any assurance or indication of a file, stream, or other associated network resource. To access a URI, it is common to create a URL from its specification.
Unfortunately, URLs are not necessarily valid URIs. For example, a URL that has a space in it is not a valid URI, the space must be quoted (converted) to %20
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@author Edward A. Lee
@version $Id: URIAttribute.java,v 1.34 2006/03/29 00:02:42 cxh Exp $
@since Ptolemy II 2.1
@Pt.ProposedRating Green (eal)
@Pt.AcceptedRating Yellow (cxh)
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