1This package contains the URI.pm module with friends. The module 2implements the URI class. Objects of this class represent Uniform 3Resource Identifier references as specified in RFC 2396 and updated by 4RFC 2732. 5 6URI objects can be used to access and manipulate the various 7components that make up these strings. There are also methods to 8combine URIs in various ways. 9 10Some tests require an Internet connection to work and are skipped if 11one is not active. 12 13You need perl5.004 or better to install this package. You should also 14have the MIME::Base64 module installed. Installation is otherwise as 15usual: 16 17 perl Makefile.PL 18 make 19 make test 20 make install 21 22Questions about how to use this library should be directed to the 23comp.lang.perl.modules USENET Newsgroup. Bug reports and suggestions 24for improvements can be sent to the <libwww@perl.org> mailing list. 25 26Copyright 1998-2003 Gisle Aas. 27Copyright 1998 Graham Barr. 28 29This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 30it under the same terms as Perl itself. 31