ServerJS/Modules/SecurableModules: Difference between revisions

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 # A module identifier is a String of "terms" delimited by forward slashes.
 # A term must be a camelCase identifier, ".", or "..".
-# The extension of the file corresponding to a module identifier must be inferred by loaders.
+# Module identifiers may not have file-name extensions like ".js".
 # Module identifiers may be "relative" or "absolute".  A module identifier is "relative" if the first term is "." or "..".
-# Absolute identifiers are resolved off the conceptual name space root.  A loader may check multiple roots in a consistent order, like a PATH.
+# Absolute identifiers are resolved off the conceptual module name space root.
-# Relative identifiers are resolved relative to the file in which "require" is called.
+# Relative identifiers are resolved relative to the identifier of the module in which "require" is called.
 === Unspecified ===
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 This specification leaves the following important points of interoperability unspecified:
-# Whether relative module identifiers are supported.
+# Whether modules are stored with a database, file system, or factory functions, or are interchangeable with link libraries.
 # Whether a PATH is supported by the module loader for resolving module identifiers.