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Thomas B. Passin wrote,
> Tim Bray wrote:
> > 404. The URI is opaque. There is no such resource. -Tim
>
> I don't think so. Rfc 2396 says
>
> "The query component is a string of information to be interpreted by
> the resource."
>
> This shows that the query string is not actually part of the resource
> specification.
The text of section 3.4 has been completely rewritten for RFC 2396bis
[1]. The new sentence corresponding to the one you quoted reads,
The query component contains non-hierarchical data that, along with
data in the path component, serves to identify a resource within the
scope of the URI's scheme and naming authority (if any).
the implication being that the query component is an intrinsic part of
resource identification, on a par with the path component, rather than
being auxilliary information which is fed to an already identified
resource.
[1] http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rev-2002/rfc2396bis.html
Cheers,
Miles
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