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@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ absolute_path = "/" path_segments
relative_path = relative_segment [ absolute_path ]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a short string of characters
identifying an abstract or physical resource (for example, a web page).
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a URI
@@ -487,7 +486,6 @@ URNs are to be supported by the urn: scheme, with a hierarchical name space
URNs are not widely implemented.
Not all tools support all schemes.
.SS Character encoding
-.PP
URIs use a limited number of characters so that they can be
typed in and used in a variety of situations.
.PP
@@ -582,7 +580,6 @@ permitted, and can be used only when there is no defined base
Don't use abbreviated URIs as hypertext links inside a document;
use the standard format as described here.
.SH CONFORMING TO
-.PP
.UR http://www.ietf.org\:/rfc\:/rfc2396.txt
(IETF RFC\ 2396)
.UE ,
@@ -628,7 +625,6 @@ will converge to common URI formats, and a future
version of this man page will describe the converged result.
Efforts to aid this convergence are encouraged.
.SS Security
-.PP
A URI does not in itself pose a security threat.
There is no general guarantee that a URL, which at one time
located a given resource, will continue to do so.
@@ -671,7 +667,6 @@ In particular, the use of a password within
the "userinfo" component of a URI is strongly recommended against except
in those rare cases where the "password" parameter is intended to be public.
.SH BUGS
-.PP
Documentation may be placed in a variety of locations, so there
currently isn't a good URI scheme for general online documentation
in arbitrary formats.