Re: [xml-dev] URIs harmful (was RE: [xml-dev] Article: Keeping pa ce with James Clark)

[Miles Sabin <miles@milessabin.com>]

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote,
> As I said in an earlier post, put BAFFLEGAB://www.bs.com
> in there, and the expectation is that it won't dereference.
> It isn't guaranteed because someone might sneak a BS resolver
> in one night, but the expectation is right.

Surely not: the expectation is reasonable but wrong.

Equally, wrt an http: URI, the expectation that it be dereferencable is 
reasonable, but not always right.

Cheers,


Miles