Re: resolution and identification (was Re: registering info: uris?)

From: Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress <rden_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:47:50 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
From: "Jonathan Rochkind" <rochkind_at_JHU.EDU>


> The difference between URIs and URLs?  I don't believe that "URL" is 
> something that exists any more in any standard, it's all URIs.

The URL is alive and well.

The W3C "definition", http://www.w3.org/TR/uri-clarification/
 "a URL is a type of URI that identifies a resource via a representation of 
its primary access mechanism (e.g., its network "location"), rather than by 
some other attributes it may have. Thus as we noted, "http:" is a URI 
scheme. An http URI is a URL."

SRU, for example, considers it's request to be  URL.

I do think this conversation has played itself out.   --Ray
Received on Tue Apr 14 2009 - 09:55:59 EDT