On 26.11.2010 05:20, Brett Zamir wrote:
I'd like to propose reserving two protocols for use with
navigator.registerProtocolHandler: "urn" and "xri" (or possibly xriNN
where NN is a version number).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Resource_Identifier for info
on XRI (basically allows the equivalents of URN but with a user-defined
namespace and without needing ICANN/IANA approval). Although it was
You don't need ICANN/IANA approval.
You can use informal URN namespaces, use a URN scheme that allows just
grabbing a name (such as URN:UUID) *or* write a small spec; for the
latter, the approval is *IETF* consensus (write an Internet Draft, then
ask the IESG for publication as RFC).
Best regards, Julian
