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

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.

Best regards,
Chris Weber

Received on Monday, 24 October 2011 06:04:07 UTC