> Even if you arn't lucky enough to have VMS there are still lots of systems
> that have version numbers, code management systems for example.
>
> The scheme :-
>
> scheme://host:port/dir/dir/dir/file//atts
No, this will not work. / is a reserved character. You cannot depend
on // making it through a gateway.
> Does work however and is backward compatible. Since a null directory is
> never valid.
If it's never valid then why would you propose using it?
--sanders