- From: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 09:51:13 -0700
- To: "'Mark Nottingham'" <mnot@mnot.net>, <uri@w3.org>
It should be possible, under the proposed new process, for someone else to register a scheme if the "owner" doesn't do so. I don't know if we should encourage this more? There aren't any 'clue sticks' written into the process. Should there be? Larry > According to <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php? > story=20050702074138201&lsrc=osxh>, Apple has introduced a 'pcast' > URI scheme, to allow Safari (and presumably other browsers that use > the system's HTTP libraries) to dispatch requests for 'podcasts' to > iTunes 4.9. I did some trivial testing, and it seems this is indeed > the case. > > A few years back, they introduced 'itms' to do a similar thing for > links to the iTunes Music Store. > > Can someone please hit Apple with a clue stick? Preferably, a > clue-by-four? > > -- > Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ > >
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