RE: URIs / URLs from Giosue Vitaglione on 2001-04-12 (www-rdf-interest@w3.org from April 2001)

From: Giosue Vitaglione <giosue@umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:20:12 -0400 (EDT)
To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
cc: Lee Jonas <lee.jonas@cakehouse.co.uk>, "'Aaron Swartz'" <aswartz@swartzfam.com>, RDF Interest <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10104121615460.18792-100000@qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> [...] 
> As far as I am aware, mailto:charles@w3.org is a URI that W3C maintains,
> whether ot provides a way to get to me, or just a way to get a mesage saying
> that I have been sacked for eating all the vegemite.
> 

mailto: is an URL as defined in RFC2368

Then, it is also an URI.
It's not an identifier of a logical entity, 
but the locator of the mailbox.
So, as far as doesn't move, can be used 
properly as identifier of the mailbox.

Regards,
Giosue'

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