Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 12:31:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kevin Gamiel <kgamiel@vinca.cnidr.org>
Subject: Re: The URN: wrapper and URLs...
To: Michael Mealling <ccoprmm@oit.gatech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199310081520.AA11044@oit.oit.gatech.edu>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.05.9310081240.J4528-b100000@vinca.cnidr.org>
On Fri, 8 Oct 1993, Michael Mealling wrote:
> Not being in Amsterdam I don't know if this was mentioned but did anyone
> ever decide if URLs could have "URL:" as a wrapper so we could easily tell
> the difference between a URL and a URN? It's not in the URL draft but
> I rememeber everyone talking about it but I never heard a resolution.
> Thanks!
>
If I remember correctly, we decided that URNs would have the "URN:", but
not URLs. If we plan to have UR-blahs, seems like they all should be
wrapped appropriately for consistancy.
Kevin
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