RE: [xml-dev] Re: Why REST was Re: [xml-dev] URIs are simply names

["Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@microsoft.com>]

A namespace URI is not a HTTP URL nor is not even necessarily a web
accessible resource. Pretending otherwise is folly. If you want to
change the meaning of a namespace URI to mean HTTP URL, I suggest
contacting members of the W3C about updating the XML namespaces spec
instead of encouraging the proliferation of applications that run
counter to the spirit of a published W3C recommendation[0].

[0] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/ 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Prescod [mailto:paul@prescod.net] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 9:59 AM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Re: Why REST was Re: [xml-dev] URIs 
> are simply names
> 
> 
> Jonathan Borden wrote:
> > 
> >...
> > 
> > Much of these issues were the essence of the xml-uri@w3.org 
> debacle. 
> > What you say is true. The problem, from an XML Namespaces 
> POV, is that 
> > XML parsers ought not be burdened with an algorithm that depends on 
> > the URI scheme, particularly when new schemes, with new comparison 
> > rules, may be registered with the IETF in the future. From 
> a practical 
> > point of view, simple string comparison is the best solution for a 
> > simple XML parser, on the other hand this doesn't take into account 
> > important features of URIs (such as relative URIs, domain case 
> > insensitivity etc.). So there you have it.
> 
> Practically speaking it would be quite feasible to implement 
> equivalence just for HTTP URIs and not other ones. The Web's 
> record of deploying non-HTTP URIs is quite pitiful. Other 
> than the handful (ftp, mailto,
> etc.) that were standardized In The Beginning, no more have 
> gained currency. For instance rather than having RealAudio 
> URIs, there is a tiny bootstrap file that you get through 
> HTTP. It has within it addressing information for the media 
> player software.
>