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At 1:23 PM +0200 10/16/02, james anderson wrote:
>i've wondered about forms such as
>"file://C:/Files/Schemas/test.xsd", which specifies a "host" "C:".
>is there any concensus on how such designators whould be
>interpreted in os/language contexts which include the notion of
>logical hosts and or devices?
>
I don't think it qualifies as a host according to RFC 2396. This states:
The host is a domain name of a network host, or its IPv4 address as a
set of four decimal digit groups separated by ".". Literal IPv6
addresses are not supported.
There's no room for another kind of host.
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