- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@ebuilt.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:40:04 -0800
- To: Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com
- Cc: sean@mysterylights.com, www-talk@w3.org, uri@w3.org
> Are you saying that HTTP URLs are also URNs? No, URNs are only those URI that start with a "urn" scheme. What I said is that HTTP URLs are identifiers, and hence names, and therefore capable of being a symbolic replacement for any other identifier, including URNs. > Does that mean that > all of the work being done by the URN WG is for nothing? Are they > just wasting their time, since we already have HTTP URLs and can > just use those? I have been saying that for the past eight years. That doesn't mean it is a waste of their time, only that the solution to persistent naming isn't obtained merely by changing the scheme name. ....Roy
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