- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@ebuilt.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:39:47 -0800
- To: Piotr Kaminski <piotr@ideanest.com>
- Cc: uri@w3.org
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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