- From: David J. Fiander <davidf@worf.mks.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:50:13 -0400
- To: Dan Larner <larner@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
>From: Dan Larner <larner@parc.xerox.com> > >[Section 3.2.2 of RFC1738 shows the use of ;type=<typecode> >as intended for ftp URLs. Section 3.3 of RFC1738 describing >an http URL admits no 'params'.] > But RFC1738 (sorry I've got no reference, but my copy of the RFC is in another country right now), does specify that the ';' is a reserved characer in HTTP URLs, presumably to allow for future extensions, like params. >Should section 3.2.2 be modified to the following? > >http_URL = "http:" "//" host [":" port] ["/" [path] ["?" query]] I hope not, because I'm about to propose a "version" parameter to allow access to back revisions of a page stored in a version control system like RCS or SCCS. - David
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