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workshopuri

workshopuri is a proposed URI scheme intended to identify resources connected with workshops, training sessions, and maker-space activities. In this concept, a single identifier can refer to a session, an instructor, a piece of equipment, a lesson plan, or a schedule, enabling cross-linking across systems such as learning management platforms, inventory databases, and event calendars.

Origin and usage: The term combines workshop and URI, and has appeared in discussions about linked data

Structure and examples: A typical representation uses a scheme prefix (for example, workshopuri:) followed by a

Technical considerations: Because it touches scheduling and personnel data, privacy, access control, and data integrity are

Status and future: As of now, workshopuri remains a concept under discussion, with no formal governing body.

See also: URI scheme, Uniform Resource Identifier, Linked data, schema.org, maker space.

for
collaborative
learning
and
fabrication
spaces.
It
is
not
an
official
standard;
rather,
it
describes
a
family
of
patterns
used
in
experimental
registries
and
prototypes.
resource
type
and
an
identifier,
e.g.,
workshopuri:session/WS-2025-04-18
or
workshopuri:equipment/lathe-02.
Implementations
may
also
expose
dereferencable
endpoints
with
RDF
or
JSON-LD
to
reveal
metadata
such
as
title,
date,
location,
and
participants.
Relationships
can
link
sessions
to
materials,
instructors,
and
equipment.
important.
Interoperability
with
existing
URI
schemes
and
Linked
Data
vocabularies
(RDF,
OWL,
schema.org)
can
aid
discovery
and
reuse.
Advocates
see
potential
for
improved
interoperability
in
education,
community
labs,
and
open-source
hardware
projects.