Re: Relative URI or relative URI reference

At 12:50 PM -0700 8/18/04, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
>There is no reason for the specification to change just to satisfy
>one side of a pedantic argument that has nothing whatsoever to do
>with the protocol being defined.

Yes, there is. If it is confusing (as this blatantly is), then the 
confusingness should be noted in the spec. Not doing so makes the 
spec harder for the average person to understand.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium