Date: Thu, 21 Jul 94 12:45:11 PDT
Message-Id: <9407211945.AA07000@cavebear.com>
To: connolly@hal.com
In-Reply-To: "Daniel W. Connolly"'s message of Thu, 21 Jul 1994 10:45:24 -0500 <9407211545.AA12129@ulua.hal.com>
Subject: Re: URL revision
From: karl@cavebear.com
> Well... if we're set on a URL prefix, let's get some use out of it. If
> we want to be able to pick URLs out of plaintext and other data
> formats reliably, we could adopt an optional checksum syntax:
Yes, oh yes! I suggested check digits a long time ago and they slipped
between the cracks.
It's hard enough already to correctly transcribe URLs without error.
Not only could check digits help prevent the processing of bogus UR*
constructs but could make it possible to build a user interface that
helped the user avoid making mistakes.
--karl--