- From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@ebt.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 08:43:51 -0500
- To: mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch
- Cc: liberte@ncsa.uiuc.edu, gjw@wnetc.com, uri@bunyip.com
>> Another way to describe this division is symbolic versus numeric >> identifiers. URLs are already symbolic, and as such, they belong in >> the column with filenames and domain names. > >Comming back to URL internationalization, I think the distinction >between symbolic and numeric identifiers is a very useful one. Right. The fundamental argument here is whether URL's are supposed to be completely opaque or not. Given current usage, it's awfully hard to make a case for opaqueness... not that I think the opaque representation concept isn't useful: I think it's vital.
Received on Thursday, 27 February 1997 08:46:15 UTC