RE: URI reference to a directory

> From: uri-request@w3.org [mailto:uri-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Daniel
> Brockman
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:46 PM
> To: Israel Viente; Stefan Eissing
> Cc: uri@w3.org
> Subject: Re: URI reference to a directory
>
>
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> "Stefan Eissing" <stefan.eissing@greenbytes.de> wrote:
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, 28.08.03, um 15:20 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Israel
> > Viente:
> >
> > > Thanks for the answers. That clears the issue for file URL.
> > >
> > > But even in http, if I have "http://a/b/c/g/" it can result in getting
> > > "http://a/b/c/g/default.html"
> > > and "http://a/b/c/g" can result in getting "http://a/b/c/g" (g file).
> >
> > Yes. In HTTP (GET) there are no folders, only resources.
> >
>
> So does http://a/b identify the same resource as http://a/b/, and, if it
> doesn't, what is the semantical difference?

a) not necessarily, and
b) whatever the server likes.

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