1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 3 <head> 4 <title>Using the Path as an Opaque Reference into an Application</title> 5 <meta name="generator" 6 content="amaya 8.1a, see http://www.w3.org/Amaya/"> 7 <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="styles.css" 8 rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> 9 </head> 10 <body> 11 <h1>Using the Path as an Opaque Reference into an Application</h1> 12 <p>Since many Web applications have complete control over how paths are 13 interpreted, the form of the path doesn't necessarily have to follow 14 any 15 obvious structure as far as users of your application is concerned. 16 Here's an 17 example:</p> 18 <pre>/000251923572ax-0015</pre> 19 <p>However, many would argue that such obscure references, whilst 20 perfectly 21 acceptable to machines, would make any application counter-intuitive 22 and very 23 difficult to reference. Sometimes, application developers do not want 24 people 25 "bookmarking" resources or functions within an application, and so such 26 concerns don't matter to them.</p> 27 </body> 28 </html>