on Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 03:46:53PM -0400, Rob McEwen wrote:
Also, in case my terminology is not quite technically accurate... this is what I meant:
subdomains = subdomain.thatdomain.com
This is one of those idiot-proof Web hosting naming conventions that I wish would just die. 'subdomain.thatdomain.com' is a /hostname/. It's not a subdomain unless there are hosts /in/ that subdomain, a la
mail.subd.foo.com <-> - top level domain <-> - second level domain (or subdomain b/c auth delegated for hosts) <-----> - domain <--> <----------> \ -- subdomain (b/c auth delegated for hosts in the zone) -- host
Of course, I may be talking through my hat. But that's my reading of RFC 882. (e.g., a domain is defined by the subdomains it defines, usually in terms of the DNS zones that exist for that sub/domain).
subwebs = thatdomain.com/subweb
Why not just call them URL paths? We used to refer to these as "subsites" back in the day, but technically they're just URL paths in this context as there's no sense of their being components with multiple pages under them or anything.