RE: [admin] url for w3c egov site?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-egov-ig-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-egov-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Sandro Hawke
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 February 2010 9:44 AM
> To: public-egov-ig@w3.org
> Subject: [admin] url for w3c egov site?
> 

> The question is, whic of these would we prefer:
> 
>       http://www.w3.org/eGov     (uppercase G)
> or    http://www.w3.org/egov     (lowercase G)
> 
> Mixed case URLs tend to be harder to get right, and I don't 
> think people will misunderstand "egov", so I have a mild 
> preference for the second option.  Any thoughts?
> 

I'm shocked. Do sites really still operate with case-sensitive paths? I suggest a 303 redirect from the mixed case form if the server can't be globally reconfigured. Either way, lowercase should be the canonical form.

Cheers

Received on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:21:14 UTC