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Re: Change definition of URL to normatively reference IRI specification using a well-defined interface

From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:27:05 +0200
Message-ID: <4BBC33C9.2060306@gmx.de>
To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
CC: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, public-html@w3.org
On 07.04.2010 00:29, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>
> On Apr 6, 2010, at 5:26 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>
>>
>>> - resolving preserves errors, e.g. resolving "http://example.com##"
>>> returns "http://example.com/##" not "http://example.com/#%C3".
>>>
>>> Update the HTML spec to use these algorithms and reference the IRI spec
>>> that defines them.
>>
>> It would be cool to understand why this is a requirement (I'm ready to
>> believe it is in practice, I'd just like to see the reason...).
>>
>
> Which requirement are you asking about, the specific "resolving
> preserves errors" requirement, or the requirement to define the
> algorithms as requested by Ian?

"Resolving preservers errors".

Best regards, Julian
Received on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 07:27:43 UTC

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