- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:06:00 +1000
- To: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- Cc: "www-tag@w3.org WG" <www-tag@w3.org>
On 13/07/2009, at 6:05 PM, Paul Prescod wrote: > Mark asked me to re-raise my concern on the list: > > The leading dot seems like it will cause confusion for Unix newbies. > For example, users could create the directory in public-html and watch > it "disappear". -well-known would not have that problem. Or > "web-well-known". > > Also: > > B.1. Aren't well-known locations bad for the Web? > > They are, but for various reasons -- both technical and social -- > they are commonly used, and their use is increasing. This memo > defines a "sandbox" for them, to reduce the risks of collision and > to > minimise the impact upon pre-existing URIs on sites. > > I'd suggest that if the authors think that well-known locations are a > bad thing then they should point potential implementers towards the > better thing. The TAG has chewed on this for a number of years, with AFAIK no result... Cheers, -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
Received on Monday, 13 July 2009 08:07:10 UTC