[Doc-SIG] URLs

[M.-A. Lemburg]

"Edward D. Loper" wrote:
> 
> Since [] are not allowed in URLs, and we already have expressions of
> the form "name":[ref], how does the following sound:
> 
>   Use "name":[ref] for in-line hrefs.  If ref is a single token, and
>   there is a directive of the form:
> 
>      ..[ref] url
> 
>   Then use url as the URL; otherwise, use ref as the URL.
> 
> Of course, we'd want to talk to the STNG people about this, but it
> seems to solve a number of problems:
>   1. detecting the end of the URL is trivial
>   2. "name":url. is no longer ambiguous, because we would either say
>      "name":[url]. or "name":[url.]
>   3. It seems easier to read
>   4. '":[' is much less likely to occur unintentionally in text than
>      '":' is.  So we don't have to worry about people saying things
>      like "foo":bar by accident, instead of intending an href.
> 
> If we can agree upon it among ourselves, then I think we should start
> trying to convince the STNG people..

Sounds like a good idea, but don't you use angular brackets ?
These are recommended by the URI RFC, in wide use everywhere and
have similar properties...

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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