Update URL definition to clarify dereferencing#1625
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The URL definition stated, incorrectly, that URLs can be dereferenced. Unfortunately, that is not true under the WhatWG definition, including treats all URIs as URLs, such that a URN in the WhatWG context *is* a URL, despite the fact that you cannot dereference it. This should be a simple clarification, which might mean it is merely editorial. However, looking at the edit out of context, it is redefining a normative definition. However, I do think it is a security error to have incompatible definitions between the `id` property and the `url` definition. Addresses #1624
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The URL definition stated, incorrectly, that URLs can be dereferenced. Unfortunately, that is not true under the WhatWG definition, including treats all URIs as URLs, such that a URN in the WhatWG context is a URL, despite the fact that you cannot dereference it.
This should be a simple clarification, which might mean it is merely editorial. However, looking at the edit out of context, it is redefining a normative definition. However, I do think it is a security error to have incompatible definitions between the
idproperty and theurldefinition.Addresses #1624
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