- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 18:01:32 -0400
- To: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
Tim Berners-Lee wrote: > >IMHO, "data:com.clarkevans.timesheet.submit" > >[or "http:\\clarkevans.com\timesheet\submit.xml"] > >are just as unique, and far more readable. > > But that means the resource whose only and definitive *representation* is > "com.clarkvans.timesheet.submit". Actually, you need a comma after the "data:" prefix, representing the omitted media type "text/plain". It is also possible to have data URIs with different media types, like "data:text/html,<b>bold text</b>". > Someone said you can't dereference a data: URI. Wrong - you can verey > easily. > When you dereference "data:com.clarkevans.timesheet.submit" you get > "com.clarkevans.timesheet.submit" Just so: prefixing a string with "data:," makes a resource out of the string. BTW, currently Netscape and Mozilla understands this URI scheme, but Internet Explorer and Lynx do not (though Lynx gives a warning). -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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