- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 01:47:14 -0800
- To: Daniel Barclay <Daniel.Barclay@fgm.com>
- Cc: uri@w3.org
On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 05:55 AM, Daniel Barclay wrote: > * "The URI syntax is organized hierarchically, with components listed > in > decreasing order from left to right." > > Should "in decreasing order" be "in order of decreasing > significance"? okay. > * "If data for a URI component would conflict with the reserved > purpose, > then the conflicting data must be escaped (Section 2.4) before > forming the > URI." > > Shouldn't "escaped" be "encoded"? Probably. I have replaced it everywhere with "percent-encoding" as part of yet another rewrite of the characters section. > - "...extends...to the first question-mark ("?"), number-sign ("#"), or > the end of the URI string." > > probably should be: > > "...extends...to the first question-mark ("?") or number-sign ("#") > or the end of the URI string." > > (Also, there are several similar non-parallel sentences.) Your suggestion looks like bad grammar to me. Is this an obscure rule? > - This: > > ...the URI <mailto:fred@example.com> has... > > would be less ambiguous if it were written with standard English > quoting, as: > > ...the URI "mailto:fred@example.com" has... Then it wouldn't be a fine example of the recommended quoting. > - "URI generating applications" > > should be > > "URI-generating applications" Done. ....Roy
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