- From: Lisa Dusseault <lisa@osafoundation.org>
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 08:38:52 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
Good catch! I'll update to 3986. lisa On Oct 16, 2005, at 8:33 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > > bugzilla@soe.ucsc.edu wrote: >> http://ietf.cse.ucsc.edu:8080/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9 >> ------- Additional Comments From lisa@osafoundation.org 2005-10-15 >> 14:58 ------- >> Text for the -08 version of the draft: >> Note that "DAV:" uses a scheme name defined solely for >> the purpose of creating this namespace. Using a scheme name alone >> does not create a compliant URI according to <xref >> target="RFC2396">RFC2396</xref>. Furthermore, defining new schemes >> for namespaces is discouraged. >> "DAV:" was defined before standard best practices emerged, and this >> namespace is still used only because of significant existing >> deployments. > > ... > > Well, > > in the meantime RFC2396 has been obsoleted, and RFC3986 makes "DAV:" a > legal URI > (<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc3986.html#rfc.section.D.2.p.4>). > Thus I'd simply this to: > > -- > Note that "DAV:" is an URI scheme name defined solely for > the purpose of creating this namespace. However, defining a new URI > scheme just for the purpose of identifying protocol elements is to be > considered a bad practice, and should not be copied. It is still used > in this protocol revision because of significant existing deployments. > -- > > Best regards, Julian >
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