- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:58:49 -0500
- To: Graham Morrison <gcmorrison@gmail.com>
- Cc: site-comments@w3.org
On 22 Oct 2010, at 2:18 AM, Graham Morrison wrote: > To Whom it May Concern: > > Why are URLs only limited to alphanumeric characters? I wish we > could use punctuation marks in URLS. For instance it would be cool > to go to boom!com...I think the exclamation mark makes the whole URL > more exciting. Also, you could have ASCII URLS like (>'-')>.com or > [:|].com. Do you have a family? i'm sure your children would love to > visit sites like that. I know I would. Punctuation marks would > richen the online experience. If your organization's top minds > applied their energy towards this task, it could be rapidly > implemented.. > > Please direct this email to whoever approved the use of Chinese > characters and other symbols in URLs...I think this is an issue of > grave importance and I look forward to your response. There exists a standard for internationalized URIs (called IRIs): http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3987.txt _ Ian > > Thank you, > Graham Morrison > > -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ Tel: +1 718 260 9447
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