URI vs URL
I'm running into "URI" more and more in tech talk space.
URI = Universal Resource Identifier (in)
URL = Universal Resource Locator (out)
The hip initials are "URI" explained here.
I predict "the people" will keep "URL" alive. People like to talk a little geek, but not this much. A conversation I heard the other day: "No, that's an e-mail address, what you need is the URL. URLs don't have ats in them."
Comments
I'd have to say I agree with you. Even when you know URI is the "in" way to refer to it, URL seems more socially acceptable since everyone already knows what that is. I think if you start using URI you're bound to get more strange looks from people, and you almost always have to explain the difference to them (which isn't easy!).
Posted by: Bernie Zimmermann | November 3, 2004 10:55 PM