- From: Nathanael Massey <nmassey@email.unc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 23:32:01 -0500
- To: <uri@w3.org>, <www-talk@w3.org>
On 3/17/01 22:56, "Douglas Bagnall" <douglas@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > Why not just "postal:"? > > In this part of the world "address" is a synonym of URI, as in "ftp > address", "email address", "web address". Thus the "address" part of > "postal-address" is redundant, since it is implicitly already there > (You might as well use "postal-URI:"). Hear, hear! The same argument I was about to make. What is the goal of having this URI? When will it get used? Do we expect to put a postal URI on an envelope and drop it into a mailbox? Will we have anchor tags on our web pages like <a href="postal://us/27514/103 W. Franklin St./Nate"> that when someone clicks on, their computer will print out a label in the format for their country that they can slap on an envelope and mail me a check? Maybe an online service that will send a postcard to the specified person? Nate
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