Let $C$ be a non-singular algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field $k$, and $F$ a function field of this curve. It is well-known that non-trivial discrete valuation rings of $F$ correspond to points of $C$.
Is there any classification of local and semi-local rings in $F$? What examples of semi-local rings in $F$ do you know?
This isn't a full answer, just a sketch.
Well, presumably you want all the elements of $k$ to be units in your local and semi-local rings (ie $k \subseteq R$)? Otherwise things can get very complicated.
I think such a classification does indeed though exist, here's how I would proceed:
Take $R$ to be a local or semi-local (Noetherian?) ring in $F$ that has all elements of $k$ as units. Consider the normalization $S$ of $R$. This normalization should be semi-local and an intersection of those DVRs. Then you can re-obtain $R$ from $S$ by doing a pullback in the category of rings.
See the answers:
Is there a "geometric" intuition underlying the notion of normal varieties?
and
Obtaining non-normal varieties by pushout
The relevant thing is that you noticed that $S = \bigcap R_i$ where the $R_i$s are DVRs, then you would pick ideal an ideal $I \subseteq S$ (which can just be thought of as picking an ideal in each $R_i$) and forming the pullback of the diagram
$$ \{ S = \bigcap R_i \to \prod S/I \leftarrow A \} $$ where $A$ is some subring of the (usually Artinian) ring $S/I$.
