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Ali Raza Zaidi

A practitioner’s musings on Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

How to make better URI

December 3, 2007 by alirazazaidi

  • It should be as short as possible. Don’t sacrifice consistency or obviousness, but be brief.

  • Organize and name things logically. ASP.NET isn’t always helpful in keeping a clean structure, so I highly recommend that you use a URL rewriting module. URIs should be ‘hackable’ – see http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990321.html.

  • URIs should be deterministic.

    • No two URIs should ever display the same page

    • The same URI should always display the same content.

  • The query string should only contain data that AFFECTS THE QUERY. If it doesn’t describe the content, it doesn’t belong.

  • The URI path should not rely on cryptic or numerical identifiers. If it does, it should also provide a human-readable title. It’s really nice to be able to look at a URL and guess what it contains – especially when you have a long list of them. As a bonus, search engines absolutely love URIs that match keywords. Tip: Don’t try to spam URLs with keywords. Density algorithms are applied here, also. As with page titles, pick exactly 1 keyword and stick with it.

Further reading (written by Tim Berners-Lee): http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.

Bad examples:

  • /Default.aspx?tabid=3

  • /Products/ShowProduct.aspx?prodid=4982

  • /showblog.aspx?articleid=98

Better examples:

  • /Default.aspx?tabid=3&title=ContactUs

  • /Products/ShowProduct.aspx?id=4982&product=Nokia_Wall_Adpater_12V

  • /showblog.aspx?articleid=98&title= Why_you_should_never_concatenate_SQL_commands

Best:

  • /contact/

  • /products/4982_Nokia_Wall_Adapter_12v

  • /blog/98_Why_you_should_never_concatenate_SQL_commands

 Reference

http://www.beansoftware.com/ASP.NET-Tutorials/URI-Design.aspx

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