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Re: [hybi] [Uri-review] ws: and wss: schemes

Chris Anderson <jchris@apache.org> Fri, 07 August 2009 22:52 UTC

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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Maciej Stachowiak<mjs@apple.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 7, 2009, at 1:22 AM, Greg Wilkins wrote:
>
>> Julian Reschke wrote:
>>
>>> 1) What does a "ws" URI identify?
>>
>> Note also that ws is commonly used to denote Web Service.
>
> I think it's unlikely the "ws" family of formats and protocols will want to
> register their own URI scheme. That being said, how about "wsp" for
> WebSocket Protocol?

As long as we are throwing out acronyms, my suggestion would be for
the simple "websocket" or maybe "websock" if bytes are considered
expensive. I'm a big fan of the mailto: link b/c it's easy to
understand what it means.

Cheers,
Chris


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