- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:06:47 +0100
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- CC: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, HTMLWG Tracking WG <public-html@w3.org>
Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> Julian Reschke wrote:
>> That would require either a change in the Namespace spec, or
>> registration of "w3c" as URI scheme.
>
> That's fine. The usability win might well be worth it.
For the record: I disagree.
Changing the Namespace spec not to require a URI is asking for name
collisions. And trying to register a new URI scheme just for naming this
is a non-starter; there is already a scheme for that purpose ("URN:").
BR, Julian
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