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

ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) Thu, 24 May 2012 10:46 UTC

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Paul E. Jones writes:

> The "acct" URI scheme has a narrow scope . . . I suspect
> appreciation for that URI scheme will grow with wider deployment of
> WebFinger, though.

I find those two statements bordering on the contradictory.  It is
precisely because if it does indeed turn out that acct: URIs address a
real need, they will 'leak' out of WF and into wider contexts
(i.e. "appreciation . . . will grow"), and so acct: needs review as
such in the normal way any new URI scheme needs review.

ht
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