[Bug 4788] Change all usages of URI to URI-reference which includes both absolute and relative forms of URIs.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4788





------- Comment #6 from virginia.smith@hp.com  2007-11-15 05:05 -------
This bug is not about SML references (or document references) but is only about
using the correct terminology for URIs as defined in RFC 3986 which states:
"4.1.  URI Reference

   URI-reference is used to denote the most common usage of a resource
   identifier.

      URI-reference = URI / relative-ref

   A URI-reference is either a URI or a relative reference.  If the
   URI-reference's prefix does not match the syntax of a scheme followed
   by its colon separator, then the URI-reference is a relative
   reference."

At the time this bug was submitted, many of the examples used relative
references but the text referred to them as URIs. Philippe pointed out (see
6/12/07 minutes) that we cannot (correctly) refer to a "relative URI" using
only the term "URI". But, if we use the term 'URI reference', then we are using
correct terminology regardless of whether we are talking about absolute or
relative URIs. Thus, it was decided that we should use the term URI reference
so the terminology would be correct in all cases. For example, we wouldn't have
to change the text if suddenly an example is changed by replacing a relative
reference with a URI or vice-versa.

Received on Thursday, 15 November 2007 05:05:45 UTC