Re: [urn] query component in URNs

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 02/25/2013 04:18 AM, Juha Hakala wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 24.2.2013 5:58, Keith Moore wrote:
>>
>> Why should query semantics for URNs be different than for other URIs?
>
> Query semantics for URN will be richer than for other URIs due to 
> extra functionality supported by resolution services. Queries specific 
> to the URN will be processed by the appropriate URN resolution 
> service, which will not pass them on as such. Instead they will be 
> mapped to the form supported by the appropriate target system.

Uh, no.   The entire space of URI queries is specific to the target system.

In general, any resource (not just those named by URNs) is potentially 
able to have different services requested from it. That the URI syntax 
doesn't support a way to ask for each service is perhaps unfortunate, 
but for better or worse, that's the way it was designed.   Making the 
URI syntax work differently for URNs than the way it works for other 
resource names is not a good idea.

Keith