Re: heads-up about "new" URLs section in HTML5 editor's draft

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Somebody suggested "HTML URL" on uri@w3.org - I think that's a better
>>> option because its makes the distinction more apparent.
>
>> So far that's the best candidate I have heard of.
>
> Most people can't tell the difference between a URI and a URL and use the
> terms interchangeably. Heck, I can barely discern the distinction most of
> the time. Do we really want to make things even more confusing?

That's my point.  We *do* want them to be able to at least recognize
there's a difference, which is why calling HTML-embedded URIs, URLs,
isn't such a great idea IMO.

Mark.