Hiya,

In KDE's ongoing struggle to handle URLs right the existence of RFC2396
might be an outcome. Up till now it seems we used to rely on RFC1738.
(At least I did)

Abstract

   A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact string of characters
   for identifying an abstract or physical resource.  This document
   defines the generic syntax of URI, including both absolute and
   relative forms, and guidelines for their use; it revises and replaces
   the generic definitions in RFC 1738 and RFC 1808.

Cheers,
Waldo
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