On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us> wrote: > Revolutionary though it may seem, I would suggest, when writing a Web > standard, to actually use the terminology defined by other normative Web > standards. That is, if you mean IRI, say "IRI", and if you mean URL, say > "URL". To do otherwise is at best confusing, and at worst so bloody stupid > that it is impossible to even discuss it politely. > I'm pretty sure we all mean URL http://url.spec.whatwg.org/#urls given that browsers don't parse or deal with IRIs. "URI and IRI are just confusing. In practice a single algorithm is used for both so keeping them distinct is not helping anyone." --Gavin
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