[Uri-review] [IANA #1273251] URI-schemes registry - 'w3' scheme

[Uri-review] [IANA #1273251] URI-schemes registry - 'w3' scheme - request to add reviewer note

Amanda Baber via RT <iana-issues@iana.org> Fri, 26 May 2023 16:55 UTC

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Subject: [Uri-review] [IANA #1273251] URI-schemes registry - 'w3' scheme - request to add reviewer note

Hi all,

We've added the note below to the URI schemes registry. (All expert notes are now linked from the relevant entry's "Description" field.) Please see

https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes

Best regards,

Amanda Baber
IANA Operations Manager

On Wed May 24 12:58:22 2023, GK@ninebynine.org wrote:
> Hi
> 
> (This is loosely related to earlier discussions of the registry entry
> for 'dhttp')
> 
> I'd like to request that the note below be added to the provisional
> registry
> entry for scheme 'w3'.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Graham.
> 
> 
> ## 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 ‘w3’ scheme is defined to be an abbreviation of the
> ‘web3’ scheme,
> and URI aliases are, in general, considered harmful to the World Wide
> Web [R1].
> 
> (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 formal position by the IETF or IANA.)
> 
> [R1] https://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#uri-aliases

[Uri-review] [IANA #1273251] URI-schemes registry… Amanda Baber via RT