Re: backronym proposal: Universal Resource Linker

Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> No, it would just increase the tendency to become irrational for
> those folks who don't happen to be using a URL for linking.

+1

how would you explain tel:, mailto:, geo:, data:, or tag: with the new 
acronym? URIs identify and do not necessarily link, so the new acronym 
actually would be a misnomer. personally, whenever people care enough to 
ask why i am using the term URI and not URL, they often find it 
interesting to learn about the fact that there is a wide variety of URI 
schemes and ways in which URIs can be used and are used.

cheers,

dret.

Received on Monday, 19 April 2010 00:28:25 UTC