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Old 17-Apr-2003, 07:38
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Article by the W3C - Cool URI's don't change

This is quite an old article, but its really good and bares thinking about.

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What makes a cool URI?
A cool URI is one which does not change.
What sorts of URI change?
URIs don't change: people change them.


http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html

ps the last paragraph is great

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Historical note: At the end of the 20th century when this was written, "cool" was an epithet of approval particularly among young, indicating trendiness, quality, or appropriateness. In the rush to stake our DNS territory involved the choice of domain name and URI path were sometimes directed more toward apparent "coolness" than toward usefulness or longevity. This note is an attempt to redirect the energy behind the quest for coolness.
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What in the world is a URI?
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Uniform resource identifier.

Have a look at this: http://www.w3.org/Addressing/

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Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs, aka URLs) are short strings that identify resources in the web: documents, images, downloadable files, services, electronic mailboxes, and other resources. They make resources available under a variety of naming schemes and access methods such as HTTP, FTP, and Internet mail addressable in the same simple way. They reduce the tedium of "log in to this server, then issue this magic command ..." down to a single click.
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And here's me thinking URI is different from URL?

Thanks jrobbio for clearing that one up for me.
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LOL...I didn't realize that there was another name for "URL"
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