Re: [Uri-review] [IANA #1270959] Registration of dhttp Schema name (uri-schemes)

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 10.05.2023 17:40, Graham Klyne wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> (IANA cc'ed, but no action requested at this time.)
>
>
> I've drafted a possible note for addition to the provisional
> registration template for 'dhttp' [1]
>
> [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/dhttp
>
> The intent is not to make a definitive statement about the goodness or
> badness of the scheme, but simply to act as a health warning of
> potential issues, and to highlight that its publication is NOT a
> recommendation for its use by the IETF.  Does this look reasonable?
>
> Proposed note follows.
>
> #g
>
>
> ## IANA reviewer note
>
> This scheme has been provisionally registered under the “first come
> first served” policy set out in RFC 7595.  This means that the scheme
> has not been formally reviewed in the IETF, and is not recommended by
> the IETF for general use on the open Internet.
>
> Further, the `dhttp` scheme is considered harmful by some in the IETF
> [R1] for at least the following reasons:
>
> 1. it creates confusion around the existing HTTP and HTTPS schemes.
> 2. ‘dhttp’ is defined to be an alias of the provisionally registered
> ‘web3’ scheme, and URI aliases are, in general, considered harmful to
> the World Wide Web [R2].
> 3. the activity known as “web3” [R3] has attracted much criticism, and
> is considered by some to be an attempt to insinuate controversial
> blockchain technology into the fabric of the World Wide Web.  Using the
> name ‘dhttp’ appears to be an attempt to legitimise web3 by association
> with HTTP (the current World Wide Web’s primary interaction protocol).
>
> This note is intended to draw attention to potential problems that might
> arise if this scheme were to be used widely on the open Internet, and
> does not itself constitute a position by the IETF or IANA on the
> considerations raised.
>
> [R1]
> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/uri-review/4Sj8k6rLZzqZsGgMEe6fLM-wE4U/
>
> [R2] https://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#uri-aliases
>
> [R3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3
>
> ]]

Sounds good.

Thanks a lot for doing this!