Re: [iri] #47: Practical length limits on IRIs or components thereoff

On 10/24/11 12:03 AM, Chris Weber wrote:
> On 10/21/2011 3:17 PM, iri issue tracker wrote:
>> I remember we had a long discussion about this, but don't remember any
>> recommendation to do anything about imposing a limit.
>>
>> Perhaps something of the form "This document does not specify any limits
>> on length of IRIs or any components of them. Generators of IRIs should be
>> aware of the potential length limits downstream processors might have for
>> IRIs, parsed IRI components, and the results of translation to parsed URI
>> components or reconstructed URIs.
> That's my understanding too - it would be totally arbitrary to place a
> length limit on IRIs or components. You could include an example with
> your statement, something like - e.g. some Web browsers and Web servers
> have length limitations, which even differ between them.

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Yes, I think some informational text along those lines might be helpful.

Peter

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Received on Wednesday, 9 November 2011 21:48:32 UTC