- From: Mitra <mitra@regis.prod.kaworlds.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 14:07:39 -0700
- To: "Ronald E. Daniel" <rdaniel@acl.lanl.gov>, mitra@regis.prod.kaworlds.com
- Cc: uri@bunyip.com
At 5:06 PM 6/17/95, Ronald E. Daniel wrote: >> Since the IETF expiration process moves faster than the IETF itself, I've >> put a copy off my home page <http://earth.path.net/mitra> >Are you saying that you are providing a home for your URN draft instead >of resubmitting it? Perhaps Larry will correct me if I am wrong, but my >impression of the IETF process is that the group will not consider >your approach to URNs if you have allowed the draft to expire. While >it provides an easy way to trim the list of competing URN proposals, >standardization through attrition is not as satisfying as >standardization through vigorous debate. Standardization comes by wittling down the list of contenders, not continuously extending it. The proposal was the result of merging a number of competing proposals. Debate is useless, if - as for the IETF version of URL's - it takes so long that the industry ignores it. >Even if you don't want to change any technical details, surely you can >find some parts of the prose that could be improved or expanded upon >enough to justify a resubmission. If nothing else, the draft could be >enhanced to discuss its position on URCs and address the requirements >in the URC scenarios draft. I have nothing to add to it, maybe Chris or Michael want to revive it. I still believe it addresses the problems that are still evident in more recent proposals. - Mitra ======================================================================= Mitra mitra@kaworlds.com Worlds Inc (415)281-1308 <http://earth.path.net/mitra> fax (415)284-9483
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