<p class=note>How user input in the web browser's address bar is converted to a

<a for=/>URL record</a> is out-of-scope of this standard. This standard does include

<a href="#url-rendering">URL rendering requirements</a> as they pertain trust decisions.

<a href="#url-rendering">URL rendering requirements</a> as they pertain to trust decisions.

<ol>

<li><p>Let <var>url</var> be the result of running the <a>basic URL parser</a> on <var>input</var>

<li><p>Set <var>buffer</var> to the empty string.

<li><p>If <a>c</a> is U+0023 (#), then set <var>url</var>'s <a for=url>fragment</a> to

the empty string and state to <a>fragment state</a>.

the empty string and <var>state</var> to <a>fragment state</a>.

</ol>

<li>

return.

<li><p>If the given value is the empty string, then set <a>this</a>'s <a for=URL>URL</a>'s

<a for=url>port</a> to null.</p></li>

<a for=url>port</a> to null.

<li><p>Otherwise, <a lt="basic URL parser">basic URL parse</a> the given value with

<a>this</a>'s <a for=URL>URL</a> as <a for="basic URL parser"><i>url</i></a> and