On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 01:07:22PM -0000, Michael Kay wrote:
> There are no rules. The "file:" URI scheme appears to be very poorly
> documented, and its mapping onto various operating system file naming
> schemes is even less well documented.

Documentation and adherance are two different things.

In the aftermath of rfc2396bis, there is currently discussion on
uri@xxxxxx about documenting several URI schemes, including file:.
Speak now, if you want to have current practice documented.

Joern

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