# Re: Minor clarification on url: prefix

David Robison (robison@nwnet.net)
Fri, 3 Dec 1993 08:33:32 -0800 (PST)

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    Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 08:33:32 -0800 (PST)

    From: David Robison <robison@nwnet.net>

    Subject: Re: Minor clarification on url: prefix

    To: Dirk Herr-Hoyman <hoymand@joe.uwex.edu>

    In-Reply-To: <9312031433.AA11228@joe.uwex.edu>

    Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9312030832.B19105-0100000@norman.nwnet.net>

Here are two examples taken from Current Cites that use URLs in the text:

"Retrieving the National Information Infrastructure Documents"
EFFector Online 6(5) (November 15, 1993) <URL:ftp://ftp.eff.org/
pub/Eff/Newsletters/effector6.05>. Find out how to get copies
of the Clinton Administration's National Information
Infrastructure reports, press briefings, and more. This fact
sheet lists the multiple paths of access currently available via
Gopher, FTP, Email, and BBS. - DFWR

Wilson, David L. "Near-Disaster on the Internet" The Chronicle of
Higher Education 40(13) (November 17, 1993):A26-27, A29. A patch
for a security whole in common Unix network software was recently
released by the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). The
patch should be installed on Unix machines that are connected to
the Internet to protect them from unauthorized access.
Information on the fix is available from <URL:ftp://cert.org/pub/
cert_advisories>. - DFWR

_________________End of reprint__________________
As I mentioned, the inclusion of URLs in this way has not caused any
problems that I have heard of.

David

P.S. The material reprinted above is Copyright (c)1993 by the Library,
University of California, Berkeley. All rights reserved.

On Fri, 3 Dec 1993, Dirk Herr-Hoyman wrote:

> >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.
>
> David, could you provide an example of how you are using URLs to the list?.
> This is from Current Cites, right? I remember seeing this. I think this
> would help the discussion. Thanks.
>
>
>

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