View-source URI scheme: Difference between revisions

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

In the early internet, View Source helped people to create their own web pages, learning by example.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sahlin |first=Doug |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfDRYLDyKcoC&pg=PA161&dq=%22view+source%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjejfL5l_75AhV2kokEHR3kBIsQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22view%20source%22&f=false |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>

On 25 May 2011, the 'view-source' URI scheme was officially registered with IANA<ref>{{cite web|last=Yevstifeyev|first=M.|title='view-source' URI scheme registration template|url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/view-source|access-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> per RFC 4395.