Re: [urn] Finalizing items from IETF 83

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 2012-07-03 21:14, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> On 6/28/12 4:01 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> On 2012-06-28 11:42, Svensson, Lars wrote:
>>> Juha wrote:
>>>
>>>> But
>>>> I hope that RFC2141bis will say at least that fragments are not part of
>>>> the NSS but they can be used in those namespaces which specifically
>>>> allow that.
>>>
>>> I'll second that RFC 2141bis says that fragment identifiers are
>>> allowed in URNs but that they are not part of the NSS. Further, RFCs
>>> for new namespaces must specify if they allow the use of fragment
>>> identifiers or not but I guess that is something for RFC 3406bis.
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Namespace specifications define the namespace-specific part; nothing
>> else. Fragment syntax and semantics are defined by RFC 3986.
>>
>> A spec *can* point out that the URN does not identify something from
>> which a payload + media type can be retrieved, in which fragment
>> identifiers are not applicable. But that's different from disallowing them.
>
> Julian, by "spec" here do you mean a specification for a particular
> namespace identifier? ...

Yes

> ...(And would one result be that each NID spec would
> need to specify whether URNs issued within that NID identify entities
> from which a payload + media type can be retrieved?)

I'd prefer those specification to be simply silent on the issue, or 
alternatively that the URN spec contains a clarification the NID 
specifications can simply reference.

Best regards, Julian