- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:44:59 -0800
- To: "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden@loc.gov>
- Cc: <uri@w3.org>
> Good. Then info *does* have an authority component. Its the info > namespace (see info scheme bnf at > http://info-uri.info/registry/docs/misc/faq.html#what_is_the_bnf ) No, it has has an arbitrarily different syntax that serves the same purpose as the authority component in the generic syntax. The urn scheme has one as well -- that has proven to be a bad idea. The point was that a generic concept like naming authorities should be expressed using a generic syntax, since then you get implementations for free, which is especially valuable given the cost of maintaining a delegated naming system. ....Roy
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