> -----Original Message----- > From: Asbj�rn Ulsberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:12 PM > To: Tim Bray > Cc: Atom-Syntax > Subject: Re: Atom namespace name
[snip] > Having the namespace URI point to an informational, > human-readable HTML > page is imho extremely important for Atom if we want it to be > �newbie� and > �View Source Clan� friendly. If we want it to be by techies > for techies, > any URI scheme will do the job. The reason that this sort of reference has been a problem for the IETF is that it's not a stable part of the standard. The content can change over time, with no community control. Plus, the primary purpose of the URI in this context is to uniquely identify a namespace -- and no more per recent IETF practice. I know that some view the ability to dereference a URL as one of the strengths of the http URL approach. I can guarantee, though, that it will raise issues that we really don't need to get involved with when it comes time for broad review of the specifications. As I told Tim in our off-list conversation, I'm not going to argue that the working group can't use http URLs to identify namespaces. You're just going to have to come up with a VERY compelling reason for their use -- and the argument that they can be used to provide a pointer to additional information is probably NOT the one you want to use for just the reasons I provided above. -Scott-
