# Re: Minor clarification on url: prefix

David Robison (robison@nwnet.net)
Thu, 2 Dec 1993 13:37:02 -0800 (PST)

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    Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 13:37:02 -0800 (PST)

    From: David Robison <robison@nwnet.net>

    Subject: Re: Minor clarification on url: prefix

    To: uri@bunyip.com

    In-Reply-To: <9312021053.AA02421@www3.cern.ch>

    Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9312021302.F15339-0100000@norman.nwnet.net>

I vote FOR the inclusion of the url: prefix. There are two main
reasons for my vote, cosistency and human readability.

As an aside (backing up my send reason), I have slipped url's into
an electronic journal I edit that is sent to over 10,000 readers.
The url's have been slipped in over the last six months, with only
a little meta data at the beginning. Despite the fact that the
journal's readership is mostly non-technical, there has been nary
a complaint about the inclusion of the information. I have even
stopped including standard English explanations of online access
to materials, and just included the url. The url's always include
a prefix and a wrapper.

Unix is full of the arcane and implicit, let's help out by making
things a little clearer with the addition of 4 chars.

David

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