RE: URL Getting started  From: Tristan Louis ( Date: Mon, Oct 12
1998  From: "Tristan Louis" <> To: <>, "'Philipp Hoschka'" <>,
<> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:50:05 -0400 Message-ID:
<004b01bdf608$be743520$> Subject: RE: URL Getting started  >
I've volunteered to take a stab at writing a document on TV-
oriented URL > schemes.  I happen to be already working on a
revision to my original > IETF Internet-Draft on "tv:", so the
timing works out well to bring this > into the interest group. >
It sounds to me like there's probably more than one URL scheme
needed > anyway: there's a generic URL for TV broadcasts that is
transport > independent (like "tv:") and then there are probably
several > transport-specific schemes (like "dvb:").  The first
is more like a > resource name than a locator (describing a
given broadcast stream, > rather than explaining where to find
it), whereas the second class of > schemes are true resource
locators. This looks interesting. How about, however, building
on top of it to try to reach a