Matrix URIs, a URL syntax from Tim Berners-Lee that never shipped (1996)
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- #URL Syntax
- #Web Standards
- #Matrix URIs
- Analogy drawn between hierarchical slash-separated URLs and positional parameters in programming languages.
- Introduces matrix syntax in URLs using semicolons to represent named parameters, akin to name-value pairs in procedure calls.
- Discusses relative URLs starting with semicolons for updating or removing parameters, with order considered insignificant.
- Provides examples of how relative matrix URLs should be parsed, including parameter changes and deletions.
- Notes that matrix URI parsing is theoretical and not widely implemented as of 1996-1997.