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Re: RFC2109 addition...

From: David W. Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:02:28 -0800 (PST)
To: "M. Hedlund" <hedlund@best.com>
Cc: Jonathan Stark <stark@commerce.net>, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970324235911.24345B-100000@shell1.aimnet.com>
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On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, M. Hedlund wrote:

> > > > CommentURL=commenturl
> > > 
> > > How about 
> > >   CommentURL = '<' commenturl '>'
> > 
> > I'm new to this whole process, so I guess I don't understand the
> > difference in notation.  Does this now imply that the attributeline would
> > look like this:
> > 	CommentURL=<http://www.privacy.net/disclosure>
> > ?

Offhand, I don't recall another case in the HTTP protocol where <> is
used to quote anything. So it would be better to use the 'normal' form
of quoting things with possible special characters and use
    CommentURL="http://www.privacy.net/disclosure"
if quoting is required. 

Dave Morris
Received on Tuesday, 25 March 1997 00:03:28 UTC

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