Subject: RTSP: 4. Relative vs. Absolute URIs

From: Rob Lanphier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 13:42:10 -0700

Currently, the Request-URI always contains the
absolute URI. This differs from HTTP, which must
maintain backward compatibility with the original
design, for better or for worse. Using the absolute
URI makes virtual hosting easier. However, this is
incompatible with HTTP/1.1, which may be a bad idea.

For example, to access rtsp://server.com/foo.au with
a relative URI, the message would be:

     SETUP /foo.au RTSP/1.0 1
     Host: server.com

For an an absolute URI:

     SETUP rtsp://server.com/foo.au RTSP/1.0 1

It was virtually unanimous that absolute URIs should
be used, so the draft will be kept as it is.

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