Re: Registration of acct: as a URI scheme has been requested

On 6/23/12 9:42 AM, Nathan wrote:
>
> So rather than creating an unstable pretty much useless URI for use 
> internally within a specific protocol, why not take advantage of this 
> provision and define the variable {acct} instead, such that you can do:
>
> https://gmail.com/.well-known/host-meta?acct=joe@gmail.com
>
> That way you tie in with web architecture, don't need a new 
> URI-scheme, and still get to do what's required. 

In what context is any URI useless? Please remember URI abstraction re. 
context of my question.

Again: https://gmail.com/.well-known/host-meta?acct=joe@gmail.com , is a 
URL, a data access address. Webfinger folks don't want to present: 
<https://gmail.com/.well-known/host-meta?acct=joe@gmail.com> as a name 
to its end-users and developers when they use: <acct:joe@gmail.com> .

In a nutshell, you are implying that Linked Data is only achievable via 
http: scheme URIs. That simply isn't true. Even worse, you are making 
your case using host-meta which is all about delivering a generic 
resolver mechanism for URIs. Basically, decoupling the name/access 
functionality that's baked into http: URLs.

Being convenient and cost-effective doesn't make http: scheme URIs the 
sole option for Linked Data. It just doesn't.


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