Re: What is at the end of the namespace?

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:16:40AM -0800, Piotr Kaminski wrote:
> Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> > The scheme name is completely irrelevant to a URI's capacity for
> > identification -- it merely indicates the syntax for that namespace
> 
> Do you claim, then, that a scheme cannot put constraints on the kind of
> resources identified by its URIs?  I think you've asserted that the http
> scheme *doesn't* do this (which Patrick is disputing), but I'm curious
> whether you believe this to be an ironclad rule that must apply to all
> schemes.

A scheme cannot place constraints.  A society that creates a scheme may
be able to place those constraints, but that is no different than saying
a naming authority is capable of placing constraints, and most URI
contain a naming authority.

....Roy

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