- From: Eran Hammer-Lahav <eran@hueniverse.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:14:07 -0700
- To: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
- CC: "apps-discuss@ietf.org" <apps-discuss@ietf.org>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>, URI <uri@w3.org>
Not sure how this is going to help. You still end up with an HTTP URI with no clear semantic meaning other than an HTTP resource. EHL > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@ccil.org] > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:03 PM > To: Eran Hammer-Lahav > Cc: Xiaoshu Wang; apps-discuss@ietf.org; www-tag@w3.org; URI > Subject: 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. > > -- > Your worships will perhaps be thinking John Cowan > that it is an easy thing to blow up a dog? > http://www.ccil.org/~cowan > [Or] to write a book? > --Don Quixote, Introduction cowan@ccil.org
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