- From: <Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:41:02 +0200
- To: fielding@eBuilt.com, piotr@ideanest.com
- Cc: uri@w3.org
> -----Original Message----- > From: ext Roy T. Fielding [mailto:fielding@eBuilt.com] > Sent: 19 November, 2001 20:40 > To: Piotr Kaminski > Cc: uri@w3.org > Subject: 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 Obviously I was inferring the creator of the scheme as placing the constraints. Patrick
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