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

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Fri, 07 August 2009 07:10 UTC

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Subject: Re: [hybi] [Uri-review] ws: and wss: schemes
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Julian Reschke wrote:
> ...
>>    URI scheme syntax.
>>       "ws" ":" hier-part [ "?" query ]
> 
> I assume you are using ABNF syntax (RFC5234) and terminology from the 
> URI spec, but you really need to state that.
> ...

Furthermore I see no mention at all of these URI schemes in the 
remainder of the spec. So is the IANA registration template supposed to 
*be* the definition?

In particular:

1) What does a "ws" URI identify?

2) What is the semantics of "hier-part" and "query"?

BR, Julian