At 10:02 06/05/31, James Holderness wrote: > >Robert Sayre wrote: >>> of "Use IRI:Compare", "Use String::Compare", or "The spec doesn't say, so >>> you may use whatever you prefer". >> >> The URI/IRI specs say "use whatever you prefer". If you don't like >> that, have James add it to his revision of 4287. :) > >Thanks. That's not how I read RFC3987, but I'm happy to accept your >interpretation.
Well, RFC 3987 (and 3986) don't *exactly* say "use whatever you prefer", but for the case at hand, what they say comes pretty close. What they try to do is give advice on what kind of normalization or comparison function(s) is/are adequate in which case. Given that it's difficult to immagine every possible case in advace, the advice they give unfortuanetly has to be somewhat vague. BTW, as a co-author of RFC 3987, I of course appreciate any suggestion on how to make it clearer, and any suggestions for fixes or changes (should they be necessary). These should be directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Martin. #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University #-#-# http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
