Re: W3C URN scheme 'root' doesn't exist?

On 9 May 2014 21:29, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:

> It strikes me that the TAG might have an opinion, and indeed Ian suggested
> such...
>

Im curious, when would the w3c want to use a URN root, instead of an HTTP
URL from the root

http://www.w3.org/

Maybe it's just never come up?


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> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
> > Subject: W3C URN scheme 'root' doesn't exist?
> > Date: May 8, 2014 at 16:53:43 PDT
> > To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
> > Cc: Silvia Pfieffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> >
> > OK, I know you are the wrong person, but danged if I know who is right.
> >
> > I was wondering today if it was possible to use HTML5 ‘kind’ names as
> DASH ‘roles’ directly.  DASH defines that a ‘role’ is a URN, so that
> enables multiple organizations to define roles and not collide.
> >
> > Holy cow, I find that not only is there no trace of
> >
> >    urn:w3c:…some stuff that gets us to…:<kind>
> >
> >    where <kind> is a kind from the HTML5 spec.,
> >
> > THE W3C DOESN’T EVEN HAVE urn:w3c:… registered at IANA!
> >
> > is this really true, the W3C itself has no URN ‘root’?
> >
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces/urn-namespaces.xhtml#urn-namespaces-1
> >
> > Heck, MPEG, SMPTE, ISO, IETF, 3GPP, GSMA all do.  Why not w3c?  Or am I
> missing something important (I hope so)?
>
> David Singer
> Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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