The question wasn't about keeping file extensions in URIs it was about
what file extension the file should have, which I am sure you will
agree is still required as the server needs to know if it is an html,
php, css, js, etc file doesn't it.
But I completely agree, my server can serve a file.php file from www.domain.com/file
as long as don't stupidly name the file the same as a directory at
the same level.
I may be that _at one time_ the windows server needed a 8.3 filename
convention but that went out the door ages ago didn't it?
PS: the subject should really be "htm vs html", no? or am I missing
something?
Joe
On Jun 20, 2008, at 08:55, Martin Kliehm wrote:
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > Rob Enslin wrote:
> > >
> > > > I recently started noticing that our CMS system
generated .htm pages where
> > > > previously the system produced .html pages. I questioned the
support staff
> > > > and was told that the W3C deemed .html as non-standard file
extensions (or
> > > > rather .htm were more-widely accepted as the standard)
> > >
> > > Rubbish. Absolute rubbish. Challenge the support staff to
actually point out
> > > where this statement from the W3C is supposed to be...
> I'd have to agree; I'm inclined to believe that ".htm" is a
carryover
> from when Microsoft(TM) products (ie DOS) only supported file
> extensions up to 3 characters in length.
>
> If there is a W3C statement, I'd love to see it.
Oh, there is. The W3C advises to avoid file extensions in URLs to
keep future compliant. Cool URIs don't change, you know. ;)
http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI
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