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> In this section they talk about whitespace
You're quoting RFC 2396, yes?
>
> 1.6. Syntax Notation and Common Elements
>
> This document uses two conventions to describe and
> define the syntax
> for URI.
> Whitespace should be
> ignored.
That's clearly referring to whitespace in the BNF, not whitespace in the
URI.
>
> >In Appendix E: They say it should be removed
>
The context here is:
URI are often transmitted through formats that do not provide a clear
context for their interpretation. For example, there are many
occasions when URI are included in plain text...
In some cases, extra whitespace (spaces, linebreaks, tabs, etc.) may
need to be added to break long URI across lines. The whitespace
should be ignored when extracting the URI.
This is clearly not a general recommendation for handling of whitespace
within URIs: it's a recommendation for how URIs should be extracted for
example from the text of an email message.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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