- From: Sean B. Palmer <sean@mysterylights.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 18:33:10 +0100
- To: <uri@w3.org>
"Sean B. Palmer" <mailto:sean@mysterylights.com> wrote:- > I take this as being a slight loophole in the URI RFC in that it > does not fully enumerate a list of authority component types. Actually, I was incorrect here: it does not at all constrain what an authority component may consist of, only suggest a couple of possibilities (cf. 3.2.1/3.2.2). The actual definition for the authority component (the bit following the "//" and up to the next instance of "/", "?" or the end of the URI) is given by 3.2:- [[[ Many URI schemes include a top hierarchical element for a naming authority, such that the namespace defined by the remainder of the URI is governed by that authority. This authority component is typically defined by an Internet-based server or a scheme-specific registry of naming authorities. ]]] - http://www.ietf.org/rfc/2396.txt Note the use of the word "typically"; it does not have to be so. -- Kindest Regards, Sean B. Palmer @prefix : <http://webns.net/roughterms/> . :Sean :hasHomepage <http://purl.org/net/sbp/> .
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