Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 22:46:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd.org domain Message-ID: <199905170246.WAA00481@capecod.net>
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(Lurker here) Officially, domain names are case-insensitive. When a URL is given, the domain name's casing is irrelevant. But if a domain name is used in a directory structure, or as part of an identifier, it may be necessary to settle on a canonical casing. In this case I'd suggest the lower case version throughout, even though the mixed-case version is prettier. The lower-case consistence will harmonize with other domain names which may occupy similar data niches. Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY > There are probably several reasons why we should aim to have people > refer to the site consistently. One that springs to my mind is that > some caching software takes an MD5 sum of the URL, so will think > that FreeBSD.org and freebsd.org are different. Bingo. > One issue other than changing URLs in documents under > www.freebsd.org is that the main logo on the Web site specifies > FreeBSD.org. This logo would also need changing if we wish to be > consistent. HREFs and similar uses of domain names should be done consistently in lower case for ease of use by Microsoft and similar poorly written software. Ordinary open-source software lowercases all domain names in URLs before rummaging in a database anyhow! Of course, directory names in a URL must have case preserved. > Tom Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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