Re: [xml-dev] OT: Where did URI pipe symbol hack originate?

>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?

There's no good reason not to use a plain colon.  It's quite legal in
path components (see RFC 2396).

-- Richard