Similar to an entry in a list of bookmarks, a URL objects provides direct access to an object not contained in the current Folder but located somewhere on the web, on an FTP server, News server etc. A URL object may also be used to access a BSCW object in another Folder or Workspace on the same server (see section 4.7.6 and section 4.11).
A URL object basically consists of its name and the address, e .g. http://bscw.gmd.de/bscw_help-3.3/english/ of an object. You may enter these in a form when you create a URL object by clicking 
. URL objects may also be created automatically from the Search Result page of a Web search: Select entries, 
them to your Bag and then 
them in a Folder or a Meeting.
The [Verify], [Fetch] and [Rate] actions of URL objects help to manage the links within your Workspace or across the Web and support their shared utilization.