To: francis@cactus.slab.ntt.jp (Paul Francis)
Subject: Re: Last Call: URL to Proposed and URN- and IRL-Reqs to Informational
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Sep 1994 16:50:14 +0200."
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 10:44:40 +0200
Message-Id: <28079.780223480@deins.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
From: Ruediger Volk <rv@deins.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
Paul,
> In my observation, trying to be all things to all protocols results in
> a long-delayed and heavyweight protocol that is likely in the end to
> be replaced by some lightweight newcomer. I am already generally
> distressed at the slow pace of UR* work in general, and would rather
> see the community narrow its scope and speed its progress (if indeed
> speed would be the result) than expand its scope and bog things down
> even further.
I completely agree. My intention was - avoiding comments on both the subject
issue itself and the procedural issue of timing - to point out that Norbert's
request does not include essential information that probably would be needed
by interested WG members if they want to consider the alignment Norbert
asks for.
Regards,
Ruediger
Ruediger Volk
Universitaet Dortmund, Informatik IRB
D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
E-Mail: rv@Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE
Phone: +49 231 755 4760 Fax: +49 231 755 2386