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  • From: Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Structure: Language and the WWW
  • Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:22:10 -0500

Alan,

Have you been following the example set by the president??? O:-)

Cheers,
Tanner


On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:35:01 -0500 (EST), Alan MacHett
<machett AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
> English predominates the structures of the Internet, having originated in
> the US. For instance, URLs read left to right: server.domain.tld,
> www.ibiblio.org
>
> But then things get screwy at the directory level:
> www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers
> Shouldn't it be, according to logic or English rules,:
> internetworkers/www.ibiblio.org ?
> And wouldn't it have made more sense to forego English, perhaps using the
> style of European dates ... a descending logical order:
> org.ibiblio.www/internetworkers ?
>
> just pondering...
> Alan
>
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