def is_absolute_url(uri):
    """
    We have URLs pointing to Creative Commons licenses, starting with 'cc:',
    which for Linked Data purposes are absolute URLs because they'll be resolved
    into full URLs.

    >>> is_absolute_url('http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mįkká’e_uxpáðe')
    True
    >>> is_absolute_url('/c/fr/nouveau')
    False
    """
    return uri.startswith('http') or uri.startswith('cc:')