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A '''web resource''' is any identifiable resource (digital, physical, or abstract) present on or connected to the [[World Wide Web]].<ref name="rfc3986">RFC 3986 Uniform Resource Identifier (URIVpn): Generic Syntax [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986]</ref><ref name="fielding_dissertation">Roy T. Fielding's Dissertation [https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/top.htm]</ref><ref name="uri_identify">[https://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/HTTP-URI.html What do HTTP URIs Identify?], by [[Tim Berners-Lee]]</ref> Resources are identified using [[Uniform Resource Identifier]]s.<ref name="rfc3986" /><ref name="rfc1738">RFC 1738 Uniform Resource Locators (URL)</ref> In the [[Semantic mapping (literacy)|Semantic Web]], web resources and their semantic properties are described using the [[Resource Description Framework]].<ref name="rdf_index">RDF Current Status [https://www.w3.org/standards/techs/rdf]</ref>

The concept of a web resource has evolved during the Web's history, from the early notion of static addressable [[Electronic document|document]]s or [[Computer file|file]]s, to a more generic and abstract definition, now encompassing every "thing" or [[wikt:entity|entity]] that can be identified, named, addressed or handled, in any way whatsoever, in the web at large, or in any networked information system. The declarative aspects of a resource (identification and naming) and its functional aspects (addressing and technical handling) weren't clearly distinct in the early specifications of the web, and the very definition of the concept has been the subject of long and still open debate involving difficult, and often arcane, technical, social, linguistic and philosophical issues.