URL's were supposed to be universal, not limited to any particular media format....

goto11 on July 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Berners-Lee 'Sorry' for Slashes (2009)

URL's were supposed to be universal, not limited to any particular media format. The ampersand have to be escaped as & in SGML/HTML/XML. Other formats will need other escapes - no characters are "safe" in all formats.