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CURIEs allow a shortened version of URI relations. This allows a more usable form for custom relations than using the full URI. These work similarly to how XML namespaces work.

Registered CURIES need to specify a name and URI template. This will automatically transform URI relations into their shortened version. The shortened relation follows the format {name}:{rel}. {rel} in the URI template will be replaced with the {rel} part of the shortened relation.

For example, a CURIE with name example and URI template https://w.org/{rel} would transform a https://w.org/term relation into example:term.

Well-behaved clients should expand and normalise these back to their full URI relation, however some naive clients may not resolve these correctly, so adding new CURIEs may break backward compatibility.