diff --git a/nuxeo-platform-url-core/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/ecm/platform/url/codec/DocumentPathCodec.java b/nuxeo-platform-url-core/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/ecm/platform/url/codec/DocumentPathCodec.java
--- a/nuxeo-platform-url-core/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/ecm/platform/url/codec/DocumentPathCodec.java
+++ b/nuxeo-platform-url-core/src/main/java/org/nuxeo/ecm/platform/url/codec/DocumentPathCodec.java
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@
 
     public static final String PREFIX = "nxpath";
 
+    public static final String DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_VIEW_ID = "document_view_dispatch";
+
     // nxpath/server/path/to/doc@view_id?requestParams
     public static final String URL_PATTERN = "/" // slash
             + "([\\w\\.]+)" // server name (group 1)
             + "(?:/(.*))?" // path (group 2) (optional)
-            + "@([\\w\\-\\.]+)" // view id (group 3)
+            + "(@([\\w\\-\\.]+))?" // view id (group 4) (optional)
             + "/?" // final slash (optional)
-            + "(?:\\?(.*)?)?"; // query (group 4) (optional)
+            + "(?:\\?(.*)?)?"; // query (group 5) (optional)
 
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(DocumentPathCodec.class);
 
@@ -150,10 +152,13 @@
                 path = "/";
             }
             final DocumentRef docRef = new PathRef(path);
-            final String viewId = m.group(3);
+            String viewId = m.group(4);
+            if (viewId == null) {
+                viewId = DEFAULT_DOCUMENT_VIEW_ID;
+            }
 
             // get other parameters
-            String query = m.group(4);
+            String query = m.group(5);
             Map<String, String> params = URIUtils.getRequestParameters(query);
 
             final DocumentLocation docLoc = new DocumentLocationImpl(server,