Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 45

["markw-4" <user=5@nabble.blu.org>]

Here's what I know about "mixed case" URLS. 

There are two important components for a URL, the host name and the 
relative path. 

The hostname, i.e. host.domain.tld (www.boston.com) is resolved in a way 
that is case insensitive by DNS. 

The relative path may or may not be case sensitive based on the OS and 
scripting/programming language being used. 

If it is a standard file system mapping to an HTML file, the the case 
sensitive nature of he OS usually prevails, i.e. Windows will be case 
insensitive and Linux (UNIX) will be case sensitive. 

If it is a programming or scripting language, then case sensitivity is 
dependent on the language or plugin. 


> From: Stephen Adler <[hidden email]> 
> Subject: mixed case URL's 
> To: "Blu unix (blu)" <[hidden email]> 
> Message-ID: <[hidden email]> 
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> Guys, 
> 
> I'm setting up some projects on my website and I'm working on naming 
> conventions. For some reason, I seemed to have painted myself into a 
> mental corner regarding the use of mixed case in URL's. Does it really 
> matter if I have a mixed case URL or not. (i.e. for cross browser, cross 
> platform compatibility?) any pros and cons that I need to consider when 
> using mixed case in a URL? 
> 
> Cheers. Steve.