Re: [urn] [apps-discuss] URNs are not URIs (another look at RFC 3986)

Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com> Thu, 24 April 2014 18:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [urn] [apps-discuss] URNs are not URIs (another look at RFC 3986)
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"data:" URLs don't have DNS names and aren't URNs.
"mailto:" URLs have domain names, but not in the //.../ authority field
"duri:" and "tdb:" URLs are 'permanent', but are arguably not URNs.