To: timbl@www0.cern.ch
In-Reply-To: timbl@ptpc00.cern.ch's message of Thu, 24 Mar 1994 10:29:42 -0800 <94Mar24.102948pst.2797@golden.parc.xerox.com>
Subject: Re: URL: Outstanding issues
From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Message-Id: <94Mar24.200246pst.2732@golden.parc.xerox.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 20:02:34 PST
Re: ftp transfer mode:
> Editor suggests[2] the use of "!", currently unchallenged.
> Requires adding this character to reserved set.
I saw a different suggestion to use
blahblah;mode=text
instead of
blahblah!text
and, personally, I liked being explicit that it was the transfer mode
you were specifying.
> re: PrePrefix
Tim, you're not helping us by reviving it this way. We decided that
"Telephone:" is a mandatory part of writing down a telephone number in
any ascii encoding of telephone numbers.
> re: Wrapper
I would like to formally have my suggestion considered, that the wrapper be
allowed to be any ONE OF < > or " " or ' ' or { }, to allow the
wrapper to be used effectively in multiple contexts. This allows
maximum flexibility, some compatibility with SGML (in HTML, the
wrapper would be the "" or '' in <A HREF="url:...."> ).