Re: [apps-discuss] The acct: scheme question

ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) Tue, 26 June 2012 15:52 UTC

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Mike Jones writes:

> Yes, I believe that the acct: scheme should be considered separately
> from discovery, in its own document.

Yes, please.  Discussion on uri-review@ietf.org will be much more
focussed and appropriate given a specific self-contained uri-scheme
proposal to consider.  I for one have been standing back from this
discussion lately because I can no longer tell exactly what is part of
the acct: scheme and what isn't -- a separate document will, I hope,
clarify that.

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