- From: <hallam@ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 96 17:45:12 -0500
- To: connolly@beach.w3.org, w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
- Cc: hallam@ai.mit.edu
>There are URL kludges, and there are URL kludges :-) >We don't need a global URL kludge, especially the sort that says >"given a URL, here's how to lexically extract the version info." >We _do_ need the ability for origin servers to say things like >"resource http://X is version 1.2 of resource http://Y" Absolutely, there is no need to define a global method for specifying "the" version in a URL. The URL should carry the information but it should be opaque. It is arguable that a serverr be able to state the lexical scheme it employs to form versions "i use fred's version hack", but I dislike that plan since it opens the door for hardwiring a simplistic notion of versioning into the Web we will later regret. Remeber what they did to the Accept: header ! Phill
Received on Monday, 28 October 1996 17:39:14 UTC