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Thanks Ray. By that definition ALL http URIs are URLs, a priori.  I read 
Alexander as trying to make a different distinction.

Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress wrote:
> From: "Jonathan Rochkind" <[log in to unmask]>
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>> The difference between URIs and URLs?  I don't believe that "URL" is 
>> something that exists any more in any standard, it's all URIs.
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> The URL is alive and well.
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> The W3C "definition", http://www.w3.org/TR/uri-clarification/
>  "a URL is a type of URI that identifies a resource via a representation of 
> its primary access mechanism (e.g., its network "location"), rather than by 
> some other attributes it may have. Thus as we noted, "http:" is a URI 
> scheme. An http URI is a URL."
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> SRU, for example, considers it's request to be  URL.
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> I do think this conversation has played itself out.   --Ray
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