Re: Last Call: <draft-holsten-about-uri-scheme-06.txt> (The 'about' URI scheme) to Proposed Standard

[Michael Richardson <[e-mail]>]

>>>>> "Barry" == Barry Leiba <[e-mail]> writes:
    >> More substantively, I fail to understand how this specification
    >> proposes to create a class of "reserved" about: URIs when the
    >> about: scheme seems to be internal information to an
    >> application.  I think the Security Considerations section doesn't
    >> address any of that, and probably ought to, particularly in light
    >> of the proposal to add text that users ought not to depend on
    >> "standard" behaviour.

    Barry> Yes... I'm actually very confused about the point of this
    Barry> document.  It's documenting a URI scheme that's used ONLY
    Barry> internally, and, therefore, has no interoperability
    Barry> requirements.  As best I can tell, the issue here is to let

It does.  It's an RFC1918-type use, and for the same reason we had to
document those networks, we have to document this URI.
This document prevents someone else from creating "about:" scheme which
is NOT internal.

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