- From: Martin J. Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 17:53:40 +0900
- To: Dan Kohn <dan@teledesic.com>
- Cc: "'timbl@w3.org'" <timbl@w3.org>, "'uri@w3.org'" <uri@w3.org>, "Fork (E-mail)" <fork@kragen.dnaco.net>
At 09:49 99/12/28 -0800, Dan Kohn wrote: > Tim, I was extremely impressed with your essay > <http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI> about architecting permanent URIs, > however I think you need to be clear that by removing the file extension, > you are implicitly suggesting segregating MIME types by directory. If you > think every URI should be it's own directory (not a completely crazy > suggestion), it would be worth making the suggestion explicit. Hello Dan, I think you confused something. Leaving out the extension is not the same as using a directory. For example, you can have mydocument.html and mydocument.pdf as files, and serve them both for .../mydocument choosing the right one depending on content negotiation. Regards, Martin. #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, World Wide Web Consortium #-#-# mailto:duerst@w3.org http://www.w3.org
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