Re: [Uri-review] [IANA #1273521] Registration request for "at" URI scheme

bnewbold@robocracy.org Thu, 01 June 2023 23:00 UTC

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Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:59:58 +0000
From: bnewbold@robocracy.org
To: Dave Thaler <dthaler@microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [Uri-review] [IANA #1273521] Registration request for "at" URI scheme
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Hi Dave,

What do you think of an addition like:

---

Disambiguation Note
   This URI scheme has no association with the 'at' command line utility for scheduling program execution.

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--bryan

On Thu, 1 Jun 2023, Dave Thaler wrote:

> In my opinion it would be helpful to include a Note since this registration
> doesn't follow the "SHOULD" (which is ok since its not a MUST) in RFC 7595:
> "   Schemes SHOULD NOT use names that are either very general purpose or
>   associated in the community with some other application or protocol."
>
> since "at", is a well known (e.g., see https://linux.die.net/man/1/atapplication, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/at, etc.) application for scheduling job execution.
>
> It would be helpful to acknowledge this to avoid confusion.
>
> Dave