Re: draft-duerst-iri-07.txt: 2 week mailing list last call

Martin,

Looks good to me:  I support closure.  Thanks.

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At 15:11 20/05/04 +0900, Martin Duerst wrote:
>Hello Graham,
>
>At 09:42 04/05/19 +0100, Graham Klyne wrote:
>
>>At 12:07 19/05/04 +0900, Martin Duerst wrote:
>>>Coming back to your original point, I have reworded
>>>
>>>    For comparison, such conversions MUST only be done on the fly,
>>>    while retaining the original IRI.
>>>
>>>to
>>>
>>>    In order to conserve the original IRIs, such conversions SHOULD
>>>    only be done on the fly, while retaining the IRIs.
>>
>>Martin,
>>
>>I think that's better, but I still think it is making normative 
>>statements about implementation technique, which was the point of my 
>>original comment.  (And I think the normative point you do want to make 
>>really should be a MUST!)
>>
>>For example, I think this this might say what you want without dictating 
>>implementation:
>>[[
>>If the IRI is to be passed to another application, or used further in 
>>some other way, its original form MUST be preserved;  the conversion 
>>described here should be performed only for the purpose of local comparison.
>>]]
>
>Okay, now I understand: You wanted the 'on the fly' removed, because
>this would have forbidden caching,... I have used your text, and
>tentatively closed this issue.
>
>
>Regards,    Martin.

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