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Understanding URL Structure for Validation

The document discusses the anatomy of a URL and how to validate web page information. It explains that a URL contains: 1) A protocol that determines how the file is transferred (e.g. http, ftp). 2) A domain name including the server name and suffix/extension indicating the server type and location (e.g. .com, .edu, country codes). 3) A directory and filename specifying where on the server to find the requested information. The document provides examples of different URL components and their meanings to help understand how to determine a web page's validity.

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Understanding URL Structure for Validation

The document discusses the anatomy of a URL and how to validate web page information. It explains that a URL contains: 1) A protocol that determines how the file is transferred (e.g. http, ftp). 2) A domain name including the server name and suffix/extension indicating the server type and location (e.g. .com, .edu, country codes). 3) A directory and filename specifying where on the server to find the requested information. The document provides examples of different URL components and their meanings to help understand how to determine a web page's validity.

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URL’s Anatomy

1.02 Understand how to validate,


authenticate, and legally use
information from the Internet.
Finding information is easy
….but

 How can you validate information


obtained from the Internet and
determine if it is authentic?
 Two measures of web page validity are
the URL and the content.
 This presentation discusses the URL
What do you know about the
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)?

Protocol Directory/folder
Extension

[Link]

Page/Document/
Server/Host Name Country Filename
code

Domain
Name
1.02 Understand how to validate, authenticate, and legally use information from the Internet. Slide 3
URL’s Anatomy

 Protocol determines how the file will be


transferred (in whole or in part).
– Examples: http and ftp

 Domain name includes the name of the


server where the information is stored and a
suffix (also called an extension) which
indicates the type and location of the server.
1.02 Understand how to validate, authenticate, and legally use information from the Internet. Slide 4
Know your suffixes/extensions

 Do you know what these  What about these?


suffixes indicate?
 .uk
 .com
 .edu
 .au

 .gov
 .ca
 .org  .de
 .net
 .mil

1.02 Understand how to validate, authenticate, and legally use information from the Internet. Slide 5
Suffixes/Extensions

 Types of servers:  Country and State


 .com – commercial codes:
 .edu - educational  .uk – United Kingdom
 .gov - government  .au - Australia
 .org - organizational  .ca - California
 .net - network  .de - Delaware
 .mil - military

1.02 Understand how to validate, authenticate, and legally use information from the Internet. Slide 6
URL’s Anatomy (Continued)

 A directory tells the computer specifically


where to look for the requested information
on the file server.
 A filename tells which specific document or
program should be retrieved from the
directory.

1.02 Understand how to validate, authenticate, and legally use information from the Internet. Slide 7
URL’S Appendages

 Other parts of an URL may include


 ~ (tilde) indicates a personal web page
 .exe or .hqx indicates an executable program
 = (equals) indicates a specific document or
program
 Question mark (?) indicates that the web server
will perform a query

1.02 Understand how to validate, authenticate, and legally use information from the Internet. Slide 8

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