Re: IMAP URLs
Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:58:49 PST
To: Chris.Newman@innosoft.com
Cc: uri@bunyip.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.961117151842.29171E-100000@eleanor.innosoft.com>
Subject: Re: IMAP URLs
From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Message-Id: <96Nov25.185849pdt."135"@palimpsest.parc.xerox.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:58:49 PST
Chris,
There's not much time at the IETF URL-BOF to say much about the IMAP
URL scheme except to point out to people to read it. However, please
check out
draft-fielding-url-syntax-00.txt
to see if the (revised) description of generic URL schemes clarifies
those things that were ambiguous from RFC 1738 & RFC 1808.
# I also believe there is a bug in RFC 1808 with respect to multiple
# parameters. I think the relative URL should inherit all parameters form
# the base URL, except those that are specified in the relative URL. The
# current spec indicates that if *any* parameter is present in the relative
# URL, it overrides all parameters in the base URL. Comments?
The goal originally was to revise 1738 & 1808 to make them consistent
with current practice. What would current web browsers do with
relative URLs with multiple parameters?
Larry