- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 19:19:41 -0400
- To: <abrahams@acm.org>, "John Cowan" <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Cc: <abrahams@acm.org>, <xml-uri@w3.org>
>> > One would expect a URI reference to be >> > a pointer to a URI, i.e., a doubly indirect specification of a >> > resource, and not some generalization or specialization of a URI. One would, but one would be wrong. I think the term came around from some thought such as "a reference using a URI" or something... I was not very involved in the haggles about terms. It is difficult to be close to English usage at the end of a lot of specification discussions. Doesn't the BNF define these terms? too late..going to bed... t
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