User Information in a URI

Hi,

A quick (perhaps stupid) question - when comparing URIs for equivalence, 
should the userinfo part be included in the comparison?

The specific context / use-case I'm looking at is including a 
'fingerprint' of a public key in a webid, where over time all composite 
parts of the URI would stay identical but the userinfo would change.

This would require userinfo to be stripped from URIs when comparing for 
equivalence; thus the three following names would all be considered 
equivalent:

   <http://domain.tld/nathan#me>
   <http://abcde@domain.tld/nathan#me>
   <http://vwxyz@domain.tld/nathan#me>

Thanks for any clarification,

Nathan

Received on Tuesday, 6 July 2010 17:20:16 UTC