A device may receive a uniform resource identifier that identifies an object source. The object source may include one or more objects organized in a hierarchy of objects. The device may identify an object, of the one or more objects, to permit extraction of one or more properties of the object. The device may extract the one or more properties of the object based on identifying the object. The device may select a subset of properties, of the one or more properties, to use to generate an object locator based on extracting the one or more properties. The object locator may be associated with locating the object in the hierarchy of objects. The device may generate the object locator based on selecting the subset of properties of the object.