- From: Yves Lafon <ylafon@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:29:22 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Diwakar Shetty <diwakar.shetty@oracle.com>
- cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Diwakar Shetty wrote:
> However, what is the use of ";" in URLS for HTTP ?
If it is in a path component, it means a parameter for that component:
From http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
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3.3. Path Component
The path component contains data, specific to the authority (or the
scheme if there is no authority component), identifying the resource
within the scope of that scheme and authority.
path = [ abs_path | opaque_part ]
path_segments = segment *( "/" segment )
segment = *pchar *( ";" param )
param = *pchar
pchar = unreserved | escaped |
":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | ","
The path may consist of a sequence of path segments separated by a
single slash "/" character. Within a path segment, the characters
"/", ";", "=", and "?" are reserved. Each path segment may include a
sequence of parameters, indicated by the semicolon ";" character.
The parameters are not significant to the parsing of relative
references.
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