# Re: URN: wrapper and URLs

Kevin Gamiel (kgamiel@vinca.cnidr.org)
Tue, 19 Oct 1993 01:29:45 -0400 (EDT)

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    Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 01:29:45 -0400 (EDT)

    From: Kevin Gamiel <kgamiel@vinca.cnidr.org>

    Subject: Re: URN: wrapper and URLs

    To: Michael Mealling <ccoprmm@oit.gatech.edu>

    In-Reply-To: <199310181425.AA22784@oit.oit.gatech.edu>

    Message-Id: <Pine.3.05.9310190144.A11432-b100000@vinca.cnidr.org>

On Mon, 18 Oct 1993, Michael Mealling wrote:

> If my summary wasn't evidence enough: I vote against Simons motion BUT
> offer a counter motion:
>
> In the interest of life and general happiness I propose that we:
>
> a) require all future URIs to start off with the URI identifier plus
> a colon in order to identify the purpose of the following URI.

Agreed.

> b) Make the statement that IF a URI does not start off with any of the
> identified URI wrappers that it MUST be a URL.

Ugly, but (argggg) understandable in context. Policy request! Policy
Request! Is a vote by physical attendants to URI meeting in Houston all
that is needed to nail down this issue one way or the other?

> c) that ALL URIs be enclosed in angle brackets when in unstructured text.
> This will also include the already existing UR*: wrapper on all non
> URL identifiers.

Yup.

>
> BUT,
> I personally still maintain and will argue the fact that adding
> URL: to the URL spec will gain us a heck of a lot more than we will
> loose by adding 5 or 6 lines of code.

Yup.

>
>
> (Simon,
> I don't know if that followed Roberts Rules or not. Sorry! ;-)

Simon? Rules? Gimme a break! :-)

Kevin
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