- From: Xiaoshu Wang <wangxiao@musc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:50:21 -0400
- To: Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>
- CC: "apps-discuss@ietf.org" <apps-discuss@ietf.org>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>, URI <uri@w3.org>
Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Xiaoshu Wang [mailto:wangxiao@musc.edu] >> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:24 PM >> > > >> What we need is a special syntax to mean that a URI denotes for itself. >> Just like in natural language, that we use quotation mark to >> distinguish >> between the word "New York City" and New York City. Once we have that, >> then we are free to define any ontology to describe the composition of >> a URI, just like anything else. >> > > Without passing judgment on your proposal, it is clearly not something that can be accomplished within a short time frame. I have a very specific need to indicate a document describes "a host" which is a combination of domain, port, and potentially protocol. I just need to say it formatted as a URI. > > >> Proposing anything else is simply an over-kill, let alone another URN. >> > > If anything, it is your proposal that is an over-kill. > > EHL > Let a discussion be driven by reason, but not pride. Xiaoshu
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