Re: URL semantics

Actually, it seems that the real issue here is whether resources are just
data objects or whether they also include network services such as Telnet,
SMTP and News. URLs in the mailto: and telnet: namespaces do not retrieve
data objects but do invoke services. URLs in the news: or nntp: namespaces
can have semantics of either type, depending on whether the namespace
specific string is a newsgroup name or a message ID.

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Received on Thursday, 9 January 1997 20:48:22 UTC