Re: Dataset URIs and metadata.

Michael,

On 7/22/2011 10:42 AM, Michael Hausenblas wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>> Probably VoID metadata/dataset URIs will be easier to discover once
>>>> the /.well-known/void trick (described in paragraph 7.2 of the W3C
>>>> VoID document) is widely adopted.
>>>
>>> greed. But it's not a 'trick'. It's called a standard.
>>
>> Is it?
>
> Yes, I think that RFC5785 [1] can be considered a standard. Unless you 
> want to suggest that RFCs are sorta not real standards :P
>
RFCs can be standards, but there is a path by which RFCs become standards.

As of today, the RFC 5785 header reads "PROPOSED STANDARD."

So, perhaps one day it will be a standard, but not today.

Hope you are nearing a great weekend!

Patrick


> Cheers,
>     Michael
>
> [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5785
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> On 22 Jul 2011, at 15:39, Dave Reynolds wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 09:59 +0100, Michael Hausenblas wrote:
>>> Frans,
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>> Probably VoID metadata/dataset URIs will be easier to discover once
>>>> the /.well-known/void trick (described in paragraph 7.2 of the W3C
>>>> VoID document) is widely adopted.
>>>
>>> greed. But it's not a 'trick'. It's called a standard.
>>
>> Is it?
>>
>> There was me thinking it was a Interest Group Note.
>>
>> Is there a newer version than:
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/NOTE-void-20110303/
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
>

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