- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:34:22 -0500
- To: uri@w3.org
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 08:47:10AM -0500, Weibel,Stu wrote: > Larry raised the point that: > > > The proposed registration rules are based on the fact > > that it is possible to invent and deploy a URI scheme > > without IANA and IESG approval. > > This may be the case, but shouldn't we be providing incentives to reduce > both the likelihood and impact of this happening? Yes. And I believe Dan's suggestion is a good way to do this, as it decouples policy enforcement from registration, allowing the registry to reflect reality. > Assuring that ALL > IANA-registered URI scheme tokens are unique is a step in this > direction. I respectfully suggest that it would be a step in the opposite direction. Just my 2c. Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca
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