Re: [hybi] WebSockets protocol URI scheme names

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Tue, 27 October 2009 01:22 UTC

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... one note, though;

RFC3295, section 2.8 (Scheme Name Considerations) says:

>    Avoid using names that are either very general purpose or  
> associated
>    in the community with some other application or protocol.

I know there was some discussion of "WS" already being associated with  
"Web Services"; is this a problem?

Cheers,



On 26/10/2009, at 10:28 PM, Graham Klyne wrote:

> Some time ago, there was some discussion about the URI scheme name  
> for WebSockets (ws:/wss:).  As scheme registration reviewer, I  
> recommended holding off registration while that debate was ongoing.
>
> That debate seems to have run its course - would it be fair to say  
> that rough consensus is that the scheme names will likely be as  
> originally proposed?
>
> #g
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