Re: HTML5 and URI scheme *name* prefixes

On 2012-01-16 07:55, Chris Weber wrote:
> On 1/14/2012 5:16 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> I'm in the process of writing a Change Proposal asking for a removal
>> of this feature. In the meantime, it would be useful if the WG came up
>> with "official" feedback on overloading the scheme name.
>>
> <hat type="individual" />
>
> Is this the first example of a scheme prefix like "web+" overloading the
> scheme name?  I'm not clear on the history, use cases, and the impetus

I think so, unless you count the "s" *post*fix (but that's more like a 
convention).

That being said, similar problems were introduced by XHR for HTTP header 
fields ("Sec-" prefix). See 
<http://www.mnot.net/blog/2011/08/24/distributed_hungarian_notation_doesnt_work>.

> ...

Best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 16 January 2012 08:27:47 UTC