Re: URI for abstract concepts (domain, host, origin, site, etc.)

Eran Hammer-Lahav scripsit:

> Without passing judgment on your proposal, it is clearly not something
> that can be accomplished within a short time frame. I have a very
> specific need to indicate a document describes "a host" which is a
> combination of domain, port, and potentially protocol. I just need to
> say it formatted as a URI.

A simple approach would be to use a data: URI (see RFC 2397) of the form
"data:application/uri,http://www.ccil.org".  I proposed this for a related
purpose during the Great XML Namespace Debate, but it didn't get traction.

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