- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:23:13 -0700
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@apache.org>
- Cc: WWW-Tag <www-tag@w3.org>
Roy T. Fielding wrote: > I'll take issue with that. Using localized characters in a namespace name > is an incredibly stupid idea that will result in systems that do not work > as well as those that stick to ascii URI. It is a trade-off that the > technology should allow in the hope that some day conditions will improve, > but anyone who treats that decision as a no-brainer will be doomed to > regret it as soon as their namespace becomes interesting outside their > own locality. I disagree entirely. I think that people choose names for maximum effectiveness, and their metrics may well include appeal to a local audience, if I have a web site for a nice local bookshop in Warsaw or Athens or Baghdad or Katmandu on which I advertise specials and opening hours and so on, the natural URI for it probably includes several non-ASCII characters that are easy to type and read for any potential customer, and it really sucks that this currently isn't possible. The ability to type in "www.<the-name-of-the-store-on-the-corner.com>" and have it frequently work is one of the really nice things about the Web. -- Cheers, Tim Bray (ongoing fragmented essay: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/)
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