- From: Sean Reilly <sreilly@cnri.reston.va.us>
- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:15:52 +0000
- To: "Mike Schinkel" <mikeschinkel@gmail.com>
- Cc: "'Erik Wilde'" <dret@berkeley.edu>, <uri@w3.org>
On Dec 11, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote: > That said, can you give me a use case where you would envision these > URLs to > be stored, presented, shared, etc? Currently I can't see why a "LOC:" > scheme would be important, but maybe presenting several use-cases > will allow > me to see beyond my current limits on envisioning your concepts. What about the case when you want to use the URI on GPS device that lacks a TCP/IP connection? Say your GPS device has a built-in address book with an entry like the following: name: Sean Reilly home-loc: loc:55.959123,-3.191657 home-addr: 48 London St, ... An http: URL in a situation like that would be useless. Many cars and handheld devices have GPS built-in but not a full internet connection. If there were a standalone loc: URI scheme then the identified resources could be accessed on all appropriate devices including a traditional browser. Thanks, Sean
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