Contents of the Lecture

URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)

& IOT Challenges
What is URI?

A URI, which stands for Uniform Resource Identifier, is a sequence of characters that

identifies a web resource by location, name, or both in the World Wide Web. It is a

method that allows for the uniform identification of the resources.

Basically, there are two types of URIs: URNs (Uniform Resource Names) and URLs

(Uniform Resource Locators).

Uniform Resource Name (URN) –

this type of URI does not state which protocol should be used to locate and access the

resource; it simply labels the resource with a persistent, location-independent unique

identifier.  A URN will identify the resource throughout its lifecycle and will never

change. Each URN has three components: the label “urn,” a colon and a character

string that serves as a unique identifier. 

Key Differences between URI and URL

main difference between a URI and a URL is that the former acts as a resource identify either by location

name or both, while the latter acts as the location.  Since a URL identifies a resource using one of the URI

schemes, it is a subset of URI. As such, a URL is a non-persistent type of the URI.

1. A URI is used to define a resource’s identity. Here, the word identifier means to distinguish one resource
from the next regardless of the method used (location, name, or both). In contrast, a URL is used to link a
program, a component of the webpage, or the webpage. With the aid of the accessing technique (protocols
such as FTP, https, HTTP,), it helps to retrieve the location of a resource.
2. While URIs don’t concern themselves with protocol specifications, the URL specifies the kind of protocol to
be used.
3. Since URL uses a scheme of URI, it is a subset of the URI. Therefore, a URL can be a URI, but a URI can
never be a URL
IOT Challenges

1. Design Challenges

2. Development Challenges

3. Security Challenges

4. Other Challenges
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IOT Development Challenges:

1. IoT Protocols
2. Security
3. Privacy
4. Data Flood
5. IPV6 Adoption
6. Analytics
7. Fragmentation
8. Interoperability
9. QoS
10. Power Management
Other Challenges:

1. Resource Consumption
2. Reliability
3. Fragmentation
4. Security
5. Privacy
Thank You