- From: Scott Lawrence <lawrence@world.std.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:26:54 -0400
- To: ietf-http-wg@w3.org, Diwakar Shetty <diwakar.shetty@oracle.com>
9/5/2002 12:55:27 AM, Diwakar Shetty <diwakar.shetty@oracle.com> wrote: > I could understand the use of "&" in URL for HTTP requests > >"&" separates the <name>=<value> pair > > However, what is the use of ";" in URLS for HTTP ? Semicolon is just another valid character in the path component of a URL - it has no special significance. When the Web was being invented, VMS was an important platform, and the semicolon was used in VMS file names, so making it a legal path name component was important. -- Scott Lawrence <lawrence@world.std.com>
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