Re: [FileAPI] Length of the opaque string for blob URLs

Is there something requiring that the origin be part of the URL?



On Dec 16, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Michael Nordman <michaeln@google.com> wrote:

> > "and MUST be at least 36 characters long" 
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> I can't think of any reason for that requirement, seems fine to delete it.
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> Webkit and Chrome do use guids but also embed the origin in these url.
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> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Jarred Nicholls <jarred@webkit.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:21:34 +0100, Arun Ranganathan <aranganathan@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Adrian: I'm willing to relax this.  I suppose it *is* inconsistent to insist on 36 chars when we don't insist on UUID.  But I suspect when it comes time to making blob: a registered protocol (it was discussed on the IETF/URI listserv), the lack of MUSTs will be a sticking point.  We'll take that as it comes, though :)
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> I do not really see why Chrome cannot simply use UUID as well. It's not exactly rocket science. It seems that is the only sticking point to just having the same type of URLs across the board.
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> The consistency and predictability of having UUIDs across the board could prove useful.
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