Question
Why using a semicolon to separate URL parameters and not the ampersand?
For example see Browse Extensions by Tags in the Plugins Web.
The links are generated like this:
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki04/TagMeSearch?tag=access_control;qweb=Plugins;qtopic=*AddOn,*App,*Contrib,*Plugin,*Skin
However isn’t
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki04/TagMeSearch?tag=access_control&qweb=Plugins&qtopic=*AddOn,*App,*Contrib,*Plugin,*Skin the correct representation?
Is there any reason for using ; instead of & as usually?
Best regards, Maik
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MaikMueller - 16 Jun 2006
Answer
The full URI definition, including full BNF and motivation is available from
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt. While both works, ";" is recommended these days.
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SteffenPoulsen - 16 Jun 2006