Re: [whatwg] [URL] Starting work on a URL spec

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Is that URLs as values of attributes in HTML or is that URLs as pasted into
the address bar? I believe their processing differs...
Good luck with it, anyway. I'm sure you've seen http://esw.w3.org/UriTesting
.

Cheers,
Silvia.

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com> wrote:

> I've begun working on a specification for how browsers process URLs:
>
> http://github.com/abarth/url-spec
>
> The repository is currently empty, but I'll be adding the basic
> skeleton over the next few weeks.  My intention is to triangulate
> between how IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera process URLs to
> find an algorithm that is both compatible with the web and moderately
> sane.
>
> Please let me know if you know of any public URL parsing test suites.
> My main starting point will be the WebKit URL parsing test suite,
>
> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/url
>
> which was adapted from the GURL parsing library.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>

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Is that URLs as values of attributes in HTML or is that URLs as pasted into=
 the address bar? I believe their processing differs...<br>Good luck with i=
t, anyway. I&#39;m sure you&#39;ve seen <a href=3D"http://esw.w3.org/UriTes=
ting">http://esw.w3.org/UriTesting</a>.<br>

<br>Cheers,<br>Silvia.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 24, 20=
10 at 5:11 AM, Adam Barth <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:w3c@adamb=
arth.com">w3c@adambarth.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(=
204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">

I&#39;ve begun working on a specification for how browsers process URLs:<br=
>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://github.com/abarth/url-spec" target=3D"_blank">http://gith=
ub.com/abarth/url-spec</a><br>
<br>
The repository is currently empty, but I&#39;ll be adding the basic<br>
skeleton over the next few weeks. =A0My intention is to triangulate<br>
between how IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera process URLs to<br>
find an algorithm that is both compatible with the web and moderately<br>
sane.<br>
<br>
Please let me know if you know of any public URL parsing test suites.<br>
My main starting point will be the WebKit URL parsing test suite,<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/url" targe=
t=3D"_blank">http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/url</a><=
br>
<br>
which was adapted from the GURL parsing library.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color=3D"#888888">Adam<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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