[WEB4LIB] Which is appropriate .htm or .html?

[Charles P. Hobbs]

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, jay wrote:

> Thanks to all who responded w/r/t my question on SHTML...
> 
> I've got another one: what are the rules governing the use of the
> .htm/.html extensions in webpages? I've got an .html extension for the
> main/index page on our website. The rest use .htm. This doesn't seem to
> cause any problems or consternation with anyone. Does it really matter?

There really are no rules on this, other than some operating systems (DOS)
being limited to three character extensions. Other than that, I guess one
ought to be consistent on a particular set of pages . ..