- From: Michael Mealling <michael@bailey.dscga.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 09:10:41 -0400
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@attlabs.att.com>
- Cc: abrahams@acm.org, michaelm@netsol.com, Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, xml-uri@w3.org, Roy Fielding <fielding@ics.uci.edu>
On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 11:48:52PM -0700, Larry Masinter wrote: > When we update RFC 2396, I suggest we add an introductory paragraph > explaining that the term "URI" is used ambiguiously in the community > to mean "a URI reference" (corresponding to the URI-reference BNF entity) > or "an absolute URI", and that for this reason, the term "URI" itself > is not defined in the document. > > I'd probably fix the Abstract correspondingly, e.g., > "Informally, a Uniform Resource Identifier is a compact string...." > > so that people don't think that the abstract is normative. I could also go along with this idea. The previously suggested ABNF fix is also fine since it doesn't change anything technical... Whichever is easier to get concensus on... -MM -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Mealling | Vote Libertarian! | www.rwhois.net/michael Sr. Research Engineer | www.ga.lp.org/gwinnett | ICQ#: 14198821 Network Solutions | www.lp.org | michaelm@netsol.com
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