From kde-core-devel Sat Nov 13 14:53:50 2004 From: "Dawit A." Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:53:50 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: file:/// Message-Id: <200411130953.50216.adawit () kde ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=110035764427582 On Saturday 13 November 2004 07:19, Waldo Bastian wrote: > I would like to see a draft that explicitly makes the authority component > optional in the file-scheme because it makes no sense to have it if the > hostname is not specified anyway. rfc2396bis leaves plenty of room for that > since it offers the possibility of both ("//" authority path-abempty) and > (path-absolute) for hier-part. Although most schemes will pick either one > and stick with that, there is nothing that prevents the file scheme to > allow both. All it takes is to state that an undefined authority should be > considered equivalent to an empty authority. > [CC'ing the author of the draft] Additionally RFC 2396bis only updates[1] RFC 1738 which means that the definitions laid out in it are valid unless specifically obsoleted in RFC 2396bis. At least that is how I read it... [1] Network Working Group Internet-Draft Updates: 1738 (if approved) Obsoletes: 2732, 2396, 1808 (if approved) -- Regards, Dawit A. "Preach what you practice, practice what you preach"