Okay: cross-tool compatible. I know that many OS's don't have drive
letters, but I would still like to know what is compatible with
URI-cognizant tools.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lowery [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 10:34 AM
> To: Xml-Dev (E-mail)
> Subject: [xml-dev] OT: Where did URI pipe symbol hack originate?
>
>
> As is used after Windows drive letters:
>
> file:///C|/mydir/myfile.txt
>
> Having a little debate about whether the appropriate thing is
> to escape the
> colon with %xx instead of using the pipe (or colon). Has a
> consensus formed
> that is (mostly) cross-platform compatible?
>
>
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