Another good reason to avoid underscores is the inability of some
Library systems' software to cope with them.
Debbie
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>From: Terry Allen[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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>Subject: RE: new draft of DC basic elements
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>Yes, there is a good reason to avoid use of underscores. Use
>hyphens or periods instead: it saves keystrokes and RSI.
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>Regards, Terry
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> I have a question about URLs in the draft.
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>Is there a good reason to AVOID use of underscores in our URLs? Now
>might be a good time to change our policy if they are a bad idea.
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>eg:
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> http://purl.org/metadata/dublin_core_elements
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>We can assign additional PURLs to existing documents and leave the old
>ones in place so as not to break existing links.
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>stu
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