- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 07:21:07 -0600
- To: Susan Lesch <lesch@w3.org>
- CC: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>, spec-prod@w3.org
Susan Lesch wrote: > > | * Omit trailing slashes from visible URIs but include them > > | in href attributes and link elements. This saves the > > | machine from having to make an extra round trip and the > > | reader will be free of excessive punctuation. > > > > I don't like this one. Indeed... it seems unwise... > > If saving machine resources is a good thing, why > > should readers be educated to use the URI that doesn't? I think this is > > a disservice to the reader, /TR and /TR/ don't have to be the same > > thing, but W3C documents would imply otherwise. > > For now, I left this as is, current W3C usage. Current in what way? I wasn't aware of this rule. Any idea where it came from? -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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