Difference between revisions of "File URI I18N"
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− | For URI -> | + | For URI -> OS path, the mapping should attempt to map |
− | URI characters into | + | URI characters into OS path characters, if they are allowed. |
If not, then a file system encoding may be necessary. | If not, then a file system encoding may be necessary. | ||
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transformation. | transformation. |
Revision as of 13:59, 27 December 2006
File URI Internationalization (and character mapping)
Sometimes, it is desirable to take a web of material and move it to the local file system. This works OK sometimes, but there are problems when the original web (whether from HTTP or a file system) contains characters that are not allowed or supported in the local file system.
There is a two-way mapping between file: URIs and OS paths.
For URI -> OS path, the mapping should attempt to map URI characters into OS path characters, if they are allowed. If not, then a file system encoding may be necessary.
(If the file system has limited capabilities, then the translation may fail; I don't know any way around that.)
For OS path -> URI, it is important to reverse the transformation.