Re: RFC 2396 v. RFC 3986 v. RFC 3987 (general comment, part of detailed review of spec) from Ian Hickson on 2009-08-10 (public-html@w3.org from August 2009)

From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:07:58 +0000 (UTC)
To: Geoffrey Sneddon <foolistbar@googlemail.com>
Cc: public-html@w3.org
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0908102306540.6420@hixie.dreamhostps.com>

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Geoffrey Sneddon wrote:
> 
> We currently cite three specs that define URIs (RFCs 2396 and 3986) and 
> IRIs (RFC 3987). Is there any reason to cite any of them except for 
> RFC3987 (as URIs are a subset of IRIs)?

I've removed references to 2396. The remaining references to 3986 appear 
to be appropriate. The rest are to 3987 and its successor, currently 
labeled as [WEBADDRESSES] though this will likely change to the IRIbis 
draft.

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