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Subject: Re: Unwrapping urn:public:...
John Cowan wrote: >URL is generated whose query part contains plus signs for spaces Precisely. The query part includes '+'. Not the URL part. We are only talking about URLs that are persistent identifiers for entity catalogues. Not queries. >Readability. reaqdability means communication. that means speaking a common language. > Analogy with existing practice. That means using the escapement that people are accustomed to. That means using '%20' as the escapement for white spaces in URLs. >Analogy with existing recommendations/RFCs. Which means rfc2396 is the best example, as it is 1. latest in time, and 2. on standards track. Regards, David Leland ************************************************************ jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote on 5/11/01 2:25:29 PM ************************************************************ dcpleland@ftnetwork.com wrote: >> See the HTML 4.01 Recommendation at >> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.4 , bullet >> point 1: > > This applies to the filling in of HTML forms, not to URLs When you fill in a form whose method is GET, an URL is generated whose query part contains plus signs for spaces. This can readily be verified, and has been documented in a variety of places. > I have not seen a cogent statement of reason for use of '+' as the > escapement of whitespace in URL. Readability. Analogy with existing practice. Analogy with existing recommendations/RFCs. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Get your free e-mail account with *unlimited* storage at http://www.ftnetwork.com Visit the web site of the Financial Times at http://www.ft.com
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