- From: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 09:00:26 -0700
- To: "'Dave McAlpin'" <Dave.McAlpin@epok.net>, "'Roy T. Fielding'" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: uri@w3.org
In moving a proposal along standards track (from
Draft Standard to Full Standard), it's important
not to add features. If a length limit was in place
for URIs and software written that assumes the limit,
then a new specification ("URIs with names longer
than 256 bytes") would become a new Proposed Standard,
rather than a modification to the existing standard.
Those who want to increase or remove the limit need
to demonstrate that the widely deployed URI software
does not assume the limit in order to function
properly.
Larry
Received on Friday, 16 July 2004 12:02:07 UTC