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Re: DNS based URIs that don't imply access method

• To: dhunter@v... (David Hunter)
• Subject: Re: DNS based URIs that don't imply access method
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:57:00 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l... ('xml-dev@l... ')
• In-reply-to: <7AB2229D9557BF4AB41F2BB515D2C3DA37D9CB@torex2> from "David Hunter" at Jul 25, 2002 07:58:25 AM

David Hunter scripsit:

> So what are the other benefits of using URI for namespace names, that I'm
> missing?

Architectural conformance.  When you want to name something on the Web,
you use a URI; that's one of the things that makes the Web.

> Do people have these kinds of problems with Java package names?

Probably not.  Maybe there should be an URN type for them?
There is already one for SGML/XML public identifiers.

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