Re: [art] Call for Consensus: Re: On BCP 190

[Rob Stradling <[e-mail]>]

This sounds good to me.

On 02/08/2019 21:15, Adam Roach wrote:
> For the purposes of clearing my discuss, I intend to read the responses 
> to Mark's message below as a reflection of consensus from the community. 
> If you have thoughts on the topic, please weigh in on the ART-area 
> mailing list no later than Friday, August 16th.
> 
> People who have participated in the discussion in TRANS are very much 
> welcome to re-express their opinions in this thread. I'm also hoping 
> that we get some input from other participants -- even if it's something 
> as simple as "this sounds good to me" -- to make sure all relevant 
> perspectives are taken into account.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> /a
> 
> On 8/2/19 1:55 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
>> It sounds like you (collectively) want an exception in BCP190 still, 
>> correct?
>>
>> If so, I think we just need to craft some language about that for 
>> inclusion in the spec; I'd imagine it need only be a sentence or two 
>> about it. Then the AD(s) need to convince themselves that it reflects 
>> consensus.
>>
>> The underlying issue is the text in 2.3 of BCP190; I think the 
>> emerging consensus is that it's too strict, in that it can be read to 
>> preclude using a prefix approach with a MUST NOT, when in fact the 
>> potential harm to other applications / the Web overall is pretty small.
>>
>> Does anyone disagree with that?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>> On 31 Jul 2019, at 2:10 pm, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews 
>>> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 11:26 PM Larry Masinter <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> The use of / in the path of URLs was supposed to
>>>
>>> be restricted to hierarchical data, and yet CT doesn’t
>>> do that.
>>>
>>> http://masinter.blogspot.com/2019/05/on-nature-of-hierarchical-urls.html
>>>
>>>
>>> CT and all prefix-using APIs do that, with a single level hierarchy. 
>>> The domain owner specifies a prefix, ending with a "/". All of the 
>>> URLs that are part of the API follow that prefix - they are 
>>> subordinate in the hierarchy.
>>>
>>> Coming back to the main point: What remains in order to find 
>>> consensus on this issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jacob
>> -- 
>> Mark Nottingham   https://www.mnot.net/

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Rob Stradling
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