Re: Confusing use of "URI" to refer to IRIs, and IRI handling in the DOM

Charles McCathieNevile wrote:

 > In which case, why not use a term that doesn't have a precise
 > definition, but is well understood in general, like "web address" ?

Is that a rhetorical question ?  If not, I would answer
it by saying "because loose ("imprecise") terminology
has no place in a standard.

Philip TAYLOR