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Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Mon, 24 November 2025 22:02 UTC

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Hi,

I recently had cause to review draft-ietf-netconf-http-client-server and found Section 2 [2] gave me pause.

This section claims to represent URIs with a name of "ietf-uri" for the module.  However, it seems like the only form on offer is a very specific authority form.  This might be sufficient for HTTP URIs, but I doubt it works for SIP, file, or many other URI forms.

Questions:

* I know that decomposition is common when using specific types of URI, but is this a sensible way to represent URIs?  
* Should this instead try for a more limited scope?  Through a different name, perhaps.

Kent, on CC, can likely answer questions about expected usage.

Cheers,
Martin

[2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-netconf-http-client-server#section-2

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