Re: [Archive-access-discuss] UURI v. HandyUrl - which?

[Erik H. <eri...@uc...>]

At Wed, 16 May 2012 13:44:11 -0700,
Aaron Binns wrote:
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> Erik Hetzner <eri...@uc...> writes:
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> > A quick question. UURI [1] is located in Heritrix Commons. HandyUrl is
> > located in archive-commons. Which should I use?
>
> Hmmm, it might depend on your needs.  AFAIK, the UURI is geared towards
> Heritrix's needs, which includes a pretty light "normalization" of the
> URL.  From an archival capture point of view, I think the idea is that
> Heritrix shouldn't munge the URL very much.
>
> However, HandyUrl is geared for access/playback/Wayback needs, and as
> such incorporates stronger URL normalization/canonicalization.
>
> I haven't spent much time in the code for either, the above is just my
> thoughts based on informal discussions with Gordon and Brad.

Thanks, Aaron. It sounds like HandyUrl is more appropriate for my
current task.

best, Erik