Re: [admin] url for w3c egov site?

+1 lowercase.

Brian

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:34 PM, <nousk@aol.com> wrote:

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> Sandro,
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> I vote for www.w3c.org/egov
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> agree on case.
>
> Kevin
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
> To: public-egov-ig@w3.org
> Sent: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 6:43 pm
> Subject: [admin] url for w3c egov site?
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> Someone pointed out recently that the /2007/ in our URLs, like
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>     http://www.w3..org/2007/eGov/ <http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/>
>     http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/wiki/Main_Page
>     ... etc
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> is confusing and unnecessary.  (It comes from a W3C practice that made a
> lot more sense when it started in 1998 than it does now.)  I've gotten
> approval to remove it.  The old URLs with /2007/ in them will be
> redirected, so no links or bookmarks should break.
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> The question is, whic of these would we prefer:
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>       http://www.w3.org/eGov     (uppercase G)
> or    http://www.w3.org/egov     (lowercase G)
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> 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?
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>    -- Sandro
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