- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 21:44:43 +0200
- To: "Tim Bray" <tbray@textuality.com>, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@apache.org>
- Cc: "WWW-Tag" <www-tag@w3.org>
> From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of > Tim Bray > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:23 PM > To: Roy T. Fielding > Cc: WWW-Tag > Subject: Re: Grinding to a halt on Issue 27. > > > > 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. I agree that all of this is true -- however, it really doesn't apply to namespace names, doesn't it? Namespace names are really really technical things. You don't usually advertise them in a newspaper or on a bus :-) -- <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760
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