Re: [urn] DOI URN namespace registration

[John C Klensin <[e-mail]>]

--On Sunday, May 24, 2020 12:05 -0400 "Dale R. Worley"
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> "Hakala, Juha E" <[e-mail]> writes:
>> [...] I have been asked to write a namespace registration
>> request for DOI, and that may have a major impact on both URN
>> and DOI systems. That request needs to be processed promptly.
> 
> I was going to ask, As an opening question has consideration
> been given to registering DOI as a URI scheme?  My memory is
> that DOIs are written in a format that is compatible with URI
> syntax.

Not quite.  And the Authority bit of URIs/URLs gets complicated,
complicated enough to pose little advantage over
https://www.doi.org/... and the disadvantage that many or most
web browsers have seemed reluctant to incorporate new URI
schemes.
 
> But the Wikipedia page says "Most legal Unicode characters are
> allowed in these strings, which are interpreted in a
> case-insensitive manner." So DOI syntax is not compatible with
> URI syntax.  And what "case insensitive" means in a fully
> internationalized context is (in my memory) not well-defined.

Your memory is correct except that "no well-defined" may be too
polite.   And that "most legal..." language is a problem (one
that, IIR, Juha and I have discussed).

> So yes, there are going to be some complexities.

Indeed.

best,
   john