Re: "#" in IRI references

Martin Duerst scripsit:

> Can it? It can't in an URI. Well, checking the syntax in the interim
> draft (http://www.w3.org/International/iri-edit/draft-duerst-iri.txt),
> I found
> 
>   ichar          = << allowed character of the UCS [ISO10646] >> |
>                    space | idelims | unwise
> 
>   idelims        = "<" | ">" | "#" | "%" | <">
> 
> This is definitely a good catch! Actually, further down in that interim
> draft, I found:
> 
> 8. Change log
> 
>     Changes from -01 to -02
> 
>     -  Removed '%' @@@@ and '#'@@@@ from delims.
> 
> The @@@@ is a sign that this still has to happen.
> So I just made it happen, and updated the draft.
> There are some other loose ends that will be
> tied up soon, but this was definitely the biggest
> one.

It looks to me like "idelims" are things that should *not* appear in
IRIs.  They have to be delimitable by something, and <> brackets and
double quotes are appropriate.

The name "idelims" (international delimiters) also suggests this.

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Received on Monday, 21 October 2002 23:42:04 UTC