Mark: you imply that it is more damaging to the Web to have people treating URIs as transparent than it is to have new URI schemes which cannot be interpreted by the huge mass of HTTP-aware software out there. Can you just if that position? I feel like there are certain irreconcilable goals here: 1. use HTTP URIs (and protocol) for HTTP-only applications 2. add additional functionality beyond HTTP for XRI-aware applications 3. encode the trigger for that functionality *in the URI* and not in markup or elsewhere 4. keep URIs opaque Does that seem like a reasonable summary of the situation? If so, how did you select 4. as the goal to prioritize beyond the others? Paul Prescod
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