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From: "Martin J. Duerst" <[e-mail]>
To: Towsner <[e-mail]>
Cc: Ryan Moats <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [URN] Pre-release of draft-ietf-urn-syntax-02.txt
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On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Towsner wrote:

> >5. The NSS is case sensitive, while the NID, "urn:" tag and %escaping
> >are case insensitive.
>     Why is the NSS case sensitive?  Most people are used to URL's which
> are case insensitive.

Looks like you are living on an MS-DOS box, or an IBM mainframe.
Otherwise, create two files, just differing in captitalization,
and try what you get with a file: URL. In case you file system
is capitalizationwise challenged, and you still have difficulties
believing me, I can set up two such files in our ftp directory :-).

Regards,    Martin.