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The '''view-source''' [[Uniform Resource Identifier#Syntax|URI scheme]] is used by some [[Web browser|web browsers]] to construct [[Uniform Resource Identifier|URI]]s that result in the browser displaying the [[source code]] of a [[web page]] or other [[web resource]].<ref>[{{Cite report |url=https://toolsdatatracker.ietf.org/htmldoc/draft-yevstifeyev-view-source-uri/ IETF|title=The Draft]'view-source' URI Scheme |last=Yevstifeyev |first=Mykyta |date=2011-04-23 |publisher=Internet Engineering Task Force |issue=draft-yevstifeyev-view-source-uri-01}}</ref>

For example, the [[Uniform Resource Identifier|URI]] '''<code>view-source:<nowiki>https://example.com</nowiki></code>''' should show the source of the page located at <code>[https://example.com https://example.com]</code>.

In the early Internet, the View Source technique helped people learn by example to create their own web pages.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sahlin |first1=Doug |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfDRYLDyKcoC&dq=%22view+source%22&pg=PA161 |title=Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies |last2=Snell |first2=Claudia |date=2007-02-03 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-12720-9 |language=en}}</ref>

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