Re: Refering to versions from hallam@ai.mit.edu on 1996-10-28 (w3c-dist-auth@w3.org from October to December 1996)

From: <hallam@ai.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 96 15:21:35 -0500
To: yarong@microsoft.com, w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
Cc: hallam@ai.mit.edu
Message-Id: <9610282021.AA04838@etna.ai.mit.edu>

>I do not believe that URL kludge is the way to go. Rather we need a version 
>header. Just as one can negotiate on language or content type, one will be 
>able to use a version header to negotiate on version.

Its not a kludge, I consider the use of a header to be a kludge since
there is no mechanism for tying it to HTML or any other Web infrastructure.

If its a resource locator its a resource locator. Resources are not files,
they are concepts. 

	Phill

Received on Monday, 28 October 1996 15:15:31 UTC