Re: Version identifier in URL
Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Wed, 29 May 1996 16:32:14 PDT
> Peeking into the syntax of a URL is an abstraction violation.
> Telling folks "watch out! Don't spell your URLs this way, cuz
> that syntax is reserved for version info" is a no-no.
Well, there's already precedent for form URLs, for example, e.g.,
http://host.dom/form-handler?x=a+y=b+z=c
even though the client treats any URL it receieves as 'opaque', they
can still be constructed. I see some value in just continuing this
tradition for versions.
In fact, how about making a "version" just a special kind of
query?
Larry