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Re: Partyin' like it's 1999

• To: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Subject: Re: Partyin' like it's 1999
• From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:30:54 +0200
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <20041027130733.GQ15558@s...>
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John Cowan wrote:
> Robin Berjon scripsit:
>>The W3C also doesn't help with its wonderful rule that "Cool URIs should 
>>be as hard as possible to remember". Throwing a random year in your 
>>namespace URIs is considered Good Practice. I guess we should be 
>>thankful they're not URNs.
> 
> In general, URIs that depend on the DNS alone to enforce uniqueness
> aren't enough in a world that rents domains; adding year
> numbers is an attempt to mitigate that nuisance.

I understand the motivation, I merely disagree that the risk of w3.org 
being suddenly rented by someone else is high enough in this instance 
compared to the extra pain it causes users.

-- 
Robin Berjon

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    • From: "Alessandro Triglia" <sandro@m...>
  • Re: Partyin' like it's 1999
    • From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>

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