Re: [apps-discuss] draft-ietf-iri-comparison

[Mark Nottingham <[e-mail]>]

> On 28 Jan 2015, at 7:20 pm, Dave Cridland <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> Going all meta for a moment...
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> On 27 Jan 2015 23:01, "Mark Nottingham" <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > I'd far prefer that appsawg were shut down and replaced by "mail" and "Web" WGs, the latter taking responsibility for URIs. They'd fight over format stuff, but that mirrors real life...
> 
> Some of the most interesting discussions have arisen because the audience here is broad enough to observe the uses of URIs outside the traditional web space (ie, HTML). At the risk of sounding a little high and mighty, the web world has a lot to learn from the more conservative mail world about stability and compatibility - and the reverse is undoubtedly true as well.
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> Still, things like DMARC show that the mail world can be screwed over by a few big players just as badly. Luckily those players have self censored themselves from discussions...
> 
> In any case, unless this list were shockingly busy

I think we get into that state pretty often on this list... YMMV.

> , I'd rather not hive off discussions into groupthink collectives. Dissension is a fine product of diversity.

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