Re: Relative references and whether requires an authority

Also, should "[ "#" fragment ] " be part of the URL? It would have  
been if we'd stuck with Relative References.  Why ?query and not  
#fragment?

Lisa

On Jan 30, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Lisa Dusseault wrote:

>
> That seems like the best path.  Since we now believe we want to use  
> these in Destination and If header, as well as <href>, I'll define  
> that once in the document.  I am not sure a term like "reference"  
> is the best term as it's so general, so here's another couple  
> suggestions
>    simple-ref
>    dav-reference
>
> preferences, anybody?
>
> lisa
>
> On Jan 28, 2006, at 11:43 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>
>
>> Lisa Dusseault wrote:
>>
>>
>>> According to the 3986 BNF, I can't see how the beginning "//"  
>>> doesn't indicate that the following string, up to the next "/"  
>>> isn't an authority.
>>>       relative-part = "//" authority path-abempty
>>>                     / path-absolute
>>>                     / path-noscheme
>>>                     / path-empty
>>> <http://rfc.net/rfc3986.html#s4.2.>
>>> Lisa
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Indeed (you learn something new every day).
>>
>> I guess that's another reason why we really should use something  
>> like:
>>
>>     Reference      = absolute-URI | ( path-absolute [ "?" query ] )
>>
>> Best regards, Julian
>>
>>
>
>
>

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