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RE: Trailing slash on a namespace that is a url

• From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
• To: "xml-dev@l..." <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:54:48 -0400

Hi Andrew,

> Does the list think namespaces should have a trailing slash?

I read that it is beneficial to put a trailing slash on the end of a URL. Without it some web servers do two exchanges with the browser.

So, if a namespace is being used in a dual role - as both a label and as a valid URL that someone or some machine can dereference (e.g. to a RDDL document) - then a trailing slash is beneficial.

/Roger

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  • Trailing slash on a namespace that is a url
    • From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@g...>