reviewuri

Reviewuri is a term used in software design and web data modeling to denote a Uniform Resource Identifier that points to a single review resource. It serves as a stable, dereferenceable identifier that uniquely identifies a specific review across systems, platforms, and datasets. A reviewuri can be a URL or a more abstract URN, depending on the needs of the infrastructure.

In practice, the reviewuri is the canonical reference that clients use to retrieve the review via an API or to link to its public page. Example forms include https://shop.example.com/reviews/12345 or urn:reviews:12345.

Applications include cross-platform linking, reference in data exchanges, provenance tracking, citation in scholarly or product-reviews contexts, and integration with web standards like Linked Data. It enables stable references even if the underlying data store changes.

Implementation considerations: ensure durability to avoid dead links; decide on persistence and versioning; consider privacy and access controls; adopt canonicalization rules; provide redirection if the resource moves.

Relation to standards: not a formal standard by itself; it complements existing identifiers such as URLs, URNs, and schema.org properties. Many platforms expose reviewuri-like fields alongside usual metadata such as author, rating, datePublished, and reviewBody.