Relative URIs 101

> Ditto what Martin said -- that is confusing the terminology.  A relative
> URI is a syntax construct (one name relative to another name), not a mapping
> construct (one location relative to another location).  A URI like
> 
>    news:comp.infosystems.www
> 
> identifies the newsgroup even though the representation retrieved by
> accessing that newsgroup will depend on context (configuration of NNTP
> host and the amount of that news feed that has propagated to that host).

Mea culpa, of course.  "about:" has meaning, which I lost site of.

MB
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Received on Friday, 30 November 2001 18:35:26 UTC