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

ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) Thu, 28 June 2012 15:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] The acct: scheme question
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Graham Klyne writes:

> I've had private exchanges with one of the document editors, but I
> don't think my suggestions have been reflected in the current draft.
> In summary, what I think is not as clear as it should be in the scheme
> registration includes:
> * what does an acct URI identify
> * how are acct URIs allocated; what's the assignment delegation structure?
> * how should an acct: URI be dereferenced?  (e.g. if one were used as
> a link in a web page, how should it be handled?).

Hear, hear.  My primary reason for preferring a separate draft is/was
precisely that this would make the gaps in the current proposal more
obvious -- that is, make it clearer what was needed to assess the
acct: proposal _as a proposal in its own right_.

ht
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