RFC question

by John.ksi(at)webplus.net

Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:26 EST
To:	hwg-servers(at)hwg.org
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I got into a conversation with another webmaster.
He's got a URL like http://www.someplace.com/yadda
which works, yet http://www.someplace.com/yadda/
does not.  (Note the trailing slash and the lack of
a filename extension.)

At http://help.netscape.com/kb/corporate/19960513-120.html
I read "'http://server/directory' is not technically
valid..." (altho' most handle this anyway).  But to
FORCE the omission of the trailing slash?  I don't
understand.

Does an RFC address this?  If so, where?

-John

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