RE: Clarification of URI vs. resource

> In this discussion, there occasionally is a shift from the term "URI"
> to the term "URL" and then back.  I've read RFC-2396 several times,
> especially section 1.2, but it still looks to me like "URI" could have
> been used consistently throughout.  Since the distinction is often
> made within a single paragraph (e.g. the paragraph beginning "Frankly"
> below), it must have been done deliberately ... Can anyone help 
> me out here?

A URL is a kind of URI. Normally we talk about URIs in WebDAV,
because the use isn't restricted. However, there is a controversy
around the use of relative links with URIs that aren't URLs.
So, when talking about relative links, I slip into using "URL"
instead of "URI". For the purposes of WebDAV, the two terms are
interchangable.

Larry
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Received on Thursday, 5 November 1998 14:49:13 UTC