Re: http URL defn in HTTP/1.0
David J. Fiander (davidf@worf.mks.com)
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:50:13 -0400
>From: Dan Larner <larner@parc.xerox.com>
>
>[Section 3.2.2 of RFC1738 shows the use of ;type=<typecode>
>as intended for ftp URLs. Section 3.3 of RFC1738 describing
>an http URL admits no 'params'.]
>
But RFC1738 (sorry I've got no reference, but my copy of the RFC
is in another country right now), does specify that the ';' is a
reserved characer in HTTP URLs, presumably to allow for future
extensions, like params.
>Should section 3.2.2 be modified to the following?
>
>http_URL = "http:" "//" host [":" port] ["/" [path] ["?" query]]
I hope not, because I'm about to propose a "version" parameter to
allow access to back revisions of a page stored in a version
control system like RCS or SCCS.
- David