On Wednesday 2 August 2000 Steve Lamb wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 02:08:01PM +0200, Christopher J. Trybowski wrote:
>> You may type <www.something.com> as well as (www.something.com), but
>> between [] it doesn't work...
> Generally because the accepted way of doing it doesn't include []'s. In
> fact, I think only <>'s is technically correct.
I'm not aware of any technical standard which mandates the use of
angle brackets around URIs. The use of encapsulations such as
<http://www.something.com/> and <URL:http://www.something.com/> are as
far as I am aware just human<->human conventions. Though they may make
it easier for programs to automatically pick out URIs in text, most
seem not to have any problems with bare URIs and a variety of other
encapsulations.
(Technically "www.something.com" isn't even a URI, it's just a
hostname. What are you supposed to do with it? HTTP? FTP? TELNET? Only
web browsers automatically attach the http:// protocol specifier as
necessary.)
John
--
you gave me something that i could touch in a world where i'd had too much
something i could feel with my broken hands full of lost ideals but soon i'm
returning to you my friend and we'll go where the rivers end in the silver sea
and i'll carry you if you carry me
--
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