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Example identifier

You have reached the following URL:

http://www.megginson.com/exp/id/airports/EGGL

This is an experimental object or resource identifier used in a sample XML document, and is not intended to be visited as a web page. Please file a bug report against any software that directed you here.

Background

URLs are a simple and convenient way to make globally-unique identifiers, which are important for data that is spread out across the web, without a single point of control. Since only one person or organization should have control over a specific URL, that person or organization can make identifiers like this without any risk of collision.