- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:54:34 +0100
Ian Hickson wrote: > ... > I actually can't find where it is defined that the + in an HTTP URI > represents a space. (I can find where it says that a space is to be > converted into a +, but not the other way around.) Where does it say that? Surely not RFC 2616? RFC 3986? > My understanding, though, is that the convention that + represents a space > is not part of the URI syntax, but part of the syntax of the format used > to encode the data into the URI, which for HTTP URIs is generally > application/x-www-form-urlencoded. But nothing stops this format from Yes: <http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.4.1> > being used elsewhere, e.g. in the body of an e-mail or a POST submission. I could be used, but I'm not sure it should. What's the advantage over representing SP as %20? > ... BR, Julian
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