- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 12:13:47 +0200
- To: "Peter F Brown" <peter@justbrown.net>
- Cc: "'Bullard, Claude L (Len)'" <clbullar@ingr.com>, "'Tim Berners-Lee'" <timbl@w3.org>, <www-tag@w3.org>
On Thursday, May 6, 2004, 11:33:54 AM, Peter wrote: PFB> Given that the current top level domains already consist of non PFB> mutually-exclusive sets, I don't see why the TAG should get exercised about PFB> the issue at all. PFB> Either we re-engineer from the bottom: but no-one is going to stop the world PFB> while we get off and fix it; or we accept that there is no coherent taxonomy PFB> from a single root, and it's thus a free-for-all. I agree with you on the taxonomy side (and I think that is part of timBL's point too, that the dns is not and should not be a dewey decimal system). On the other hand, you don't typically have to use a different browser or a different OS to get to .org as opposed to .com addresses. Its the "oh, you can't use that URI I gave you because I am on a phone and you are ona desktop' aspect that worries us. PFB> Sorry for sounding cynical, but it's a bit late in the day. The best you can PFB> ask for is damage-limitation and some valid "useful" criteria for accepting PFB> or rejecting new proposals PFB> Peter Brown PFB> | -----Original Message----- PFB> | From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] PFB> | On Behalf Of Bullard, Claude L (Len) PFB> | Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:47 PM PFB> | To: 'Tim Berners-Lee'; 'www-tag@w3.org' PFB> | Subject: RE: Thoughts on top-level domains, esp. .mobi PFB> | PFB> | PFB> | While agreeing in whole to the position that it is actively PFB> | harmful to divide web addressing into device-centric domains, PFB> | the comment PFB> | PFB> | .."it is unwise, as an architectural principle, to put PFB> | semantics into names" PFB> | PFB> | is a little over the top if considered outside the context of PFB> | web naming which it is assumed, subsumes PFB> | any namespace used on the web (the tree model). In contrast to PFB> | trademarks as brands, service or test marks are created PFB> | precisely to assign semantics to a name typically through the PFB> | pairing of the mark with conformance tests that prove that PFB> | the test article is a conformant instance. In such an PFB> | application of a name, a tight coupling of semantics and a PFB> | name is the precise intent. Were service marks a tree PFB> | system, one would encounter the problems you note. PFB> | PFB> | Good article. PFB> | PFB> | len PFB> | PFB> | PFB> | From: Tim Berners-Lee [mailto:timbl@w3.org] PFB> | PFB> | In writing up some problems as I see them with the proposed PFB> | .mobi top level domain, I found i had half the document full PFB> | of general reasons why new domains are a bad idea, which PFB> | would apply to many if not all of the new proposals, and the PFB> | other half specific problems with .mobi. PFB> | PFB> | The writeup is at http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/TLD PFB> | PFB> | Comments welcome -- I intend to send it to the formal comment PFB> | list next week. PFB> | This is a personal view only. It is not a W3c view. I would PFB> | recommend that others also send their feelings to the official list. PFB> | PFB> | PFB> | Tim Berners-Lee PFB> | PFB> | PFB> | ICANN Public comment form: PFB> | PFB> | PFB> http://www.icann.org/tlds/stld-apps-19mar04/stld-public-comments.htm PFB> | PFB> | RFP: PFB> | PFB> http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-stld-rfp/new-stld-rfp-24jun03.htm PFB> | PFB> | General comments: PFB> | stld-rfp-general@icann.org PFB> | PFB> | -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group
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