- From: by way of Martin Duerst <mike@skew.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:35:25 -0400
- To: uri@w3.org
Hello again, This is in reference to http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rev-2002/issues.html The "file" URI scheme, as we all probably know, is horribly underspec'd. RFC 1738 says, essentially, that in the "file" scheme, a "host" URL component that is "localhost" is to be treated as a reference to the local host, always. I interpret this to mean that file://localhost/ is identical to file:/// for purposes of locating the resource, regardless of what DNS says. I have implemented the URI resolver in 4Suite such that when resolving a URI reference to absolute form, "file" schemed URIs are treated specially, with the above in mind. I just ignore the host if it is 'localhost'. I am wondering if the new URI spec should address this issue when discussing how to resolve a URI to absolute form. Just perhaps mention something about certain scheme specs possibly mandating some adjustments to the generic resolution guidelines. -Mike
Received on Thursday, 25 September 2003 08:36:05 UTC