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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 internetInternet, the View Source technique helped people learn by example to create their own web pages, learning by example.<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>
 
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.
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}}</ref> Firefox also suffered a similar security issue (by combining view-source and javascriptJavaScript URIs<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> after being fixed. In 2009, a new discovered bug was fixed in [[Mozilla Firefox 3|Firefox 3.0.9]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-17.html|title=MFSA 2009-17: Same-origin violations when Adobe Flash loaded via view-source scheme|last=Fleischer|first=Gregory|date=April 21, 2009|work=Mozilla|access-date=2009-04-22}}</ref>
 
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