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

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Sat, 08 August 2009 18:51 UTC

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My .02 -

websock seems like a good balance...


On 08/08/2009, at 10:52 AM, Chris Anderson wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -- 
> Chris Anderson
> http://jchrisa.net
> http://couch.io
>


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