Re: What is at the end of the namespace?

Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> The scheme name is completely irrelevant to a URI's capacity for
> identification -- it merely indicates the syntax for that namespace

Do you claim, then, that a scheme cannot put constraints on the kind of
resources identified by its URIs?  I think you've asserted that the http
scheme *doesn't* do this (which Patrick is disputing), but I'm curious
whether you believe this to be an ironclad rule that must apply to all
schemes.

        -- P.

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Received on Friday, 16 November 2001 05:21:01 UTC