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1.2 What do XRIs look like?

Put shortly, XRIs are a kind of URIs, and they share much of their appearance. They start with a "xri://" prefix (called the 'scheme'), which can be optional in some applications that are XRI aware. After that, they consist of a mandatory 'authority' part, as well as the optional components 'path' (starting with /), 'query' (starting with ?) and 'fragment' (starting with #).

XRIs starting with @ are designated for companies, while XRIs starting with = are intended for individuals.

For example, the XRI
xri://@fullxri*europe/documentation/xri?page=overview#introduction
consists of the following parts:

Scheme:xri://
Authority:@fullxri*europe
Path:/documentation/xri
Query:page=overview
Fragment:introduction

The average XRIs you will encounter are of course much simpler. Examples are:

  • @fullXRI
  • =markus
  • @mycompany
  • @mycompany*mydepartment

You can use our XRI Inspector tool to break down any XRI into its components.

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