- From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:22:36 +0100
- To: Jeff Sussna <jeff.sussna@quokka.com>, "'fin@finseth.com'" <fin@finseth.com>
- Cc: "'www-tv@w3.org'" <www-tv@w3.org>
At 13:08 30.11.99 -0800, Jeff Sussna wrote:
>Actually, the "U" in URI stands for "uniform", universal. There is nothing
>in the URI spec that states that a given resource identifier must have
>universal semantics. Just look at the "file:" scheme.
The "file:" scheme is also the source of a host of troubles, including all
the points that were raised in objection to the original "tv:" proposal.
Please don't repeat the mistake.
(just try emailing HTML with an embedded file: reference, and you'll see
what I mean)
Harald
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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no
Received on Friday, 17 December 1999 04:42:46 UTC