- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:44:28 -0500
- To: Susan Lesch <lesch@w3.org>
- Cc: Thomas Baker <baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de>, spec-prod@w3.org
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 10:24 -0700, Susan Lesch wrote:
> Dan Connolly wrote:
> > It's called "hash" often in discussions of URIs and web
> > architecture.
>
> Thanks, updated to "usually not pound sign, hash, crosshatch or octothorpe but
> often hash in URIs and Web architecture." (Changes welcome.)
What's the basis for "usually not hash"?
It seems odd to present URIs and Web Architecture as an exception
in a W3C manual of style.
Google counts about 439,000 for "number sign"
about 122,000 for "hash sign". Comparable.
The IETF draft standard does say "The number sign ("#") character"
http://www.gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html
I suggest 2 entries:
number sign (#)
also hash sign; usually not pound sign, crosshatch or octothorpe
hash sign (#)
also number sign; usually not pound sign, crosshatch or
octothorpe
The alternative is to try to make "usually not hash" true,
i.e. get people to use it less; but that seems like pushing
water up hill, to me.
> http://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/#Terms
>
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