Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Choosing a new format for serializing a document's name

Hi, We need to choose a new format for serializing a document name for several reasons: - the current format is ambiguous and doesn't allow too many characters to be entered - it doesn't support nested spaces I'd like to propose the following format: a URL. <wiki>://<space1>/<space2>/.../<spaceN>/<page>?<params>#anchor Examples: * Page * Space/Page * mywiki://Space/Page * mywiki://some/nested/Space/Page * Page?param=value * Page#anchor + the ability to escape chars. For example if the user wants to have the "/" char in a page name he would have: Special~/Page (we can decide what escape char to use) Of course, it'll be the role of the serializer to escape chars as required. Pros of using a URL format: * easy to code since we can reuse the JDK's URL class * URL friendly. It's easy to copy paste the URL of a document into a link. No more needing to translate "." into "/" * it's JCR friendly since JCR also uses "/" for the path to a Node * it's a well known format and users are used to it WDYT? Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs