- From: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) <skw@hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:09:54 +0000
- To: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- CC: www-tag <www-tag@w3.org>
> -----Original Message----- > From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org] > On Behalf Of Mark Baker > Sent: 27 June 2008 14:56 > To: Dan Connolly > Cc: www-tag > Subject: Re: impact of lots more top level domains on the Web? > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> wrote: > > > > In the abstract, Web architecture is orthogonal to the > > .com/.org/.net hierarchy, but in practice, I wonder > > what the impact of this decision will be... > > I think the impact will be that DNS-authority based URIs will become > more opaque to users, as there's more for them to remember than just > the strings "ibm", or "yahoo", or "microsoft" (for which they could > assume ".com"). IMO, the result will likely be that users will rely > more on search engines. > > > I suppose that in the long-term, a more flat namespace > > makes sense. > > I agree, but AFAICT, this decision moves us away from that. Wouldn't > the ultimate in flat be to have a single TLD? :-) Other way round me thinks... the ultimate in flat is where *every* DNS name in use is a TLD. ;-) > Mark. > -- > Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca > Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com Stuart -- Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: Cain Road, Bracknell, Berks RG12 1HN Registered No: 690597 England
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