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RE: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)

• To: 'Jonathan Borden' <jborden@m...>, Jeff Greif <jgreif@a...>
• Subject: RE: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 17:33:38 -0600
• Cc: xml-dev@l...

From: Jonathan Borden [mailto:jborden@m...]

>Well actually, particular since one can now 'resolve' a "urn" there is no
>difference between a URI and URL under any circumstance i.e. the URI
>completely supercedes and incorporates URL and URN. Then again, I just read
>the tea leaves... and at least when I write a "riddle" I label it as such
>:-))

I checked my latest popsicle stick and it told me that calendars 
should name their daughters May, June and April. 

But I didn't know it superceded URL and URN.  Ok.

>My understanding is that this sort of wiggly language is there on purpose as
>a compromise between those that desired vs. those that did not desire the
>requirement to resolve a namespace URI. The REC clearly does not require
>resolution, however it does not prohibit resolution.

Then that is political. I remember this debate all too well on XML-Dev 
and having had to explain it to the locals, they roll their eyes and 
mutter things.  I don't think that decision by the Namespace WG helped 
it's cause.

>I don't think any can of worms would be opened because people _do_ expect
>that "http" URIs are resolvable. Again the principle of least surprise.

Don't shock the monkey.

>Certainly people that _choose_ to use "http" URIs ought expect resolution,
>its not like there is a shortage of "urns" or something. I would clear
>things up. I think that standardizing common practice is usually a good
>thing.

I agree with Harry Truman about one-handed scientists.  Standardizing 
common practice is a good idea most of the time.  I can think of some 
habits that shouldn't be and are: burqas for example.  But they aren't 
going away soon because they created their own self-reinforcing behaviors.

len

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