Re: Is file:///foo a URI?

>Doesn't that mean that file:///foo is not truly a URI?

I think some would argue that it's a perfectly reasonable URI and that the
problem only occurs should you atttempt to dereference it. As with the
"mailto:joe" example, it is an absolute URI whose typical use occurs in
conjunction with other context information. Some portions of "the web" are
apparently locally defined.

Subtle. May be unintuitive to end-users.



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Joe Kesselman  / IBM Research

Received on Thursday, 15 June 2000 12:14:57 UTC