On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 03:53:26PM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 02:26:45PM -0500, Brandon wrote:
> >
> > > Actually, I agree with you. I just didn't see the point in not allowing
> > > it
> > > to be arbitrary either. But that baseline=, increment= stuff is too
> > > wordy. How about just DBR=increment[;baseline] or something.
> >
> > I don't see what advantage there would be to complicating parsing by
> > adding yet another delimiter. Also, that syntax wouldn't quite work
> > since both baseline and incremenet are optional. If it's too wordy, we
> > could use shorter identifiers.
> >
> > freenet:SSK at asdf,base=x,incr=y/prefix
> >
> > How about that?
>
> Well, that syntax actually also doesn't work because both base and incr
> are optional ;')
>
> Please don't overestimate the difficulty of parsing another delimiter :)
>
> The nice thing about making the DBR define the docname right there is that
> you can then leave out the docname and have a _short_ URI like:
>
> freenet:SSK at asdf,DBR=$$//
> freenet:SSK at asdf,DBR=$$//index.html
> freenet:SSK at asdf,DBR=$3600$//freecam.html
>
> This version also does fine when both base and incr are default.
What is the benefit of having a base parameter at all?
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