- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:32:25 +0200
- To: "John A. Kunze" <jak@ucop.edu>
- CC: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, uri@w3.org, Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
On 18.04.2010 20:02, John A. Kunze wrote: > --- On Sun, 18 Apr 2010, Dan Brickley wrote: >> ... I propose a simple-minded fix: restore 'URL' as the most >> general term for Web identifiers, > > Yep. I've always avoided the word "URI" except when politics required it. > >> and re-interpret 'URL' as "Universal Resource Linker". > > Not bad at all. Think how much time and treasure would have been saved > if the word "Locator" (too close to "location") hadn't been part of URL. I think everybody agrees that there's a lot of confusion about URI vs URL vs URN, and also URI vs IRI, not to mention Web Adresseses or LEIRIs. That being said, I really doubt that redefining the term will actually reduce the confusion. What's needed (IMHO) is stability and consistency. Best regards, Julian
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