- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:56:06 -0700
- To: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Cc: uri@w3.org, "Tim Berners-Lee" <timbl@w3.org>
On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 11:17 PM, Martin Duerst wrote: > I do not think that host should be case-insensitive in > the generic syntax, because this would unduely restrict > the use of URIs with potential future systems. What systems would that be? I don't know of any system for which host is case-sensitive, and I do know that making it explicitly case-insensitive within the generic syntax allows systems the ability to reduce the number of arbitrary aliases due to legacy name resolvers and sloppy rewrites. > I know that others have made the same comment in private, > so I really wonder why it hasn't been addressed. Because the comment did not reflect existing practice. ....Roy
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