About

A data locator is a data URI that permits to locate precisely a data resource. It's the unique identifier of a data resource

Syntax

path[@connection]

where:

• connection is the connection name
• path is a hierarchical path consisting of a sequence of path segments separated generally by:
  • a slash (/) for a file system
  • a point (.) for a database

Example

• A table uri

# Absolute path
[catalog.][schema.]table@databaseName
# Relative path
//.otherschema.table@databaseName

• A file

# Absolute path
/dir1/dir2/file.extension@fileConnection
# Relative path
../dir/file.extension@fileConnection