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Re: [apps-discuss] Feeling kind of confused about draft-merrick-jms-uri-12

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Thu, 27 January 2011 01:12 UTC

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It's a provisional registration, and the bar for that is pretty low:
  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4395#section-3

Cheers,


On 27/01/2011, at 12:01 PM, Tim Bray wrote:

> I was asked to review it.  My review was quite negative, challenging
> the notion that a URI was even appropriate for this space, and
> pointing out some fairly serious problems with the text.  I'd have
> expected at least another draft.  Today, the IESG announces that that
> draft, with one small change, is being published as an Informational
> RFC.
> 
> So, what is the purpose of doing apps-area reviews, given that this
> one produced no observable effects?
> 
> -Tim
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