Re: iDNR, an alternative name resolution protocol

> Right.  I understand, you're saying that if you update the spec, existing
> implemenations will not be compatible with the updated spec?  But, now, if
> the existing spec is too limited to support forward-compatibility to future
> adaptations, what can one do, except break the spec?  

You define a new kind of identifier which is not a URI.

That way, if people want to define things which *are* compatible
with the installed base, they can still reference the URI spec.

Keith

Received on Thursday, 3 September 1998 00:49:05 UTC