ISSUE-31: Should metadata (e.g., versioning information) be encoded in URIs?

metadataInURI-31

Should metadata (e.g., versioning information) be encoded in URIs?

State:
PENDING REVIEW
Product:
Web Application Architecture
Raised by:
Tim Berners-Lee
Opened on:
2002-11-25
Description:
Current work on this issue stems from June 2009 a discussion of
Web Application State Management
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2009/06/23-minutes.html#item04

It was closed Jan 2007:

The use of Metadata in URIs (2 January 2007)
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/metaDataInURI-31.html

"Abstract

This finding addresses several questions regarding Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). Specifically, what information about a resource can or should be embedded in its URI? What metadata can be reliably determined from a URI, and in what circumstances is it appropriate to rely on the correctness of such information? In what circumstances is it appropriate to use information from a URI as a hint as to the nature of a resource or its representations? Simple examples are used to explain the tradeoffs involved in employing such metadata in URIs."

The TAG approved this finding at its 11 December 2006 face to face meeting.
http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/12/11-minutes.html#item06


It was originally raised and accepted in December 2002
http://www.w3.org/2002/12/02-tag-summary#metadata-uri

"There should be a uniform way to declare version history of web resources (recommended by W3C)?, and more importantly

There should be a "clean", uniform way to refer to (and thus access) the metadata of web resources?"
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  2. ISSUE-31 another data point re secret URLs (from rees@mumble.net on 2012-01-17)
  3. interesting thread on 'unguessable' URIs (from rees@mumble.net on 2012-01-06)
  4. Draft minutes of the 8-10 February 2011 TAG F2F Meeting are now available (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-02-21)
  5. Draft minutes of the 8-10 February 2011 TAG F2F Meeting are now available (from nrm@arcanedomain.com on 2011-02-21)
  6. Re: Detecting Browser History from Schneier on Security (from erights@google.com on 2010-05-21)
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  8. Detecting Browser History from Schneier on Security (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2010-05-21)
  9. minutes TAG meeting 24-26 March in Cambridge, MA, USA for review (from connolly@w3.org on 2010-04-12)
  10. Draft Agenda of 24-26 March 2010 (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2010-03-19)
  11. Draft minutes of TAG teleconference of 11 March 2010 (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2010-03-19)
  12. Re: draft minutes 3/11 (from ashok.malhotra@oracle.com on 2010-03-13)
  13. draft minutes 3/11 (from LMM@acm.org on 2010-03-11)
  14. TAG Members: please reviews status of issues you 'shepherd' by Monday, 8 March (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2010-03-03)
  15. Fw: registries associated with URI schemes (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2010-02-24)
  16. please update overdue actions as input to Dec f2f agenda (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-11-09)
  17. Re: [State of HTML WG Unresolved Issues] (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2009-08-25)
  18. [State of HTML WG Unresolved Issues] (from raman@google.com on 2009-08-25)
  19. Re: public suffix list: when opacity meets security [metaDataInURI-31 siteData-36] (from connolly@w3.org on 2008-07-30)
  20. Re: public suffix list: when opacity meets security [metaDataInURI-31 siteData-36] (from john.bradley@wingaa.com on 2008-07-30)
  21. Re: public suffix list: when opacity meets security [metaDataInURI-31 siteData-36] (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2008-07-30)
  22. public suffix list: when opacity meets security [metaDataInURI-31 siteData-36] (from connolly@w3.org on 2008-06-19)
  23. Approved TAG finding: The use of Metadata in URIs -- Issue metadataInURI-31 closed (from Vincent Quint <Vincent.Quint@inrialpes.fr> on 2007-01-03)
  24. Approved TAG finding: The use of Metadata in URIs -- Issue metadataInURI-31 closed (from Vincent Quint <Vincent.Quint@inrialpes.fr> on 2007-01-03)
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  27. TAG F2F Meeting, Boston 11 Dec 2006 (from on 2006-12-11)
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  29. TAG F2F Meeting, Boston 11 Dec 2006 (from on 2006-12-11)
  30. TAG F2F Meeting, Boston 11 Dec 2006 (from on 2006-12-11)
  31. TAG F2F Meeting, Boston 11 Dec 2006 (from on 2006-12-11)
  32. TAG F2F Meeting, Boston 11 Dec 2006 (from on 2006-12-11)
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  35. TAG Weekly (from on 2006-11-14)
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  37. Technical Architecture Group (from on 2006-11-07)
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  39. TAG in Vancouver (from on 2006-10-04)
  40. TAG in Vancouver (from on 2006-10-04)
  41. TAG in Vancouver (from on 2006-10-04)
  42. TAG Teleconference of 19 September 2006 (from on 2006-09-19)
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  44. On Linking Alternative Representations To Enable Discovery And Publishing (from on 2006-09-15)
  45. TAG Teleconference of 15 August 2006 (from on 2006-08-08)
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  54. TAG 2 May 2006 (from on 2006-05-02)
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  56. TAG (from on 2006-03-21)
  57. TAG (from on 2006-03-21)
  58. TAG teleconference (from on 2006-01-24)
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  60. TAG Weekly (from on 2005-12-13)
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  69. Minutes of 7 July 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-07-07)
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  71. Minutes of 2 Dec 2002 TAG teleconference (from on 2002-12-02)
  72. Minutes of 2 Dec 2002 TAG teleconference (from on 2002-12-02)
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Related notes:

using RAISED to mean: a proposal to re-open is being discussed (if not the substance of the issue itself).

Dan Connolly, 8 Feb 2010, 15:39:26

it seems only OPEN issues show up in tracker's agenda, so please take this as sorta *provisionally* open unless/until the chair accepts a proposal to re-open it.

Dan Connolly, 9 Feb 2010, 19:31:53

moving to Web Apps product per Noah's note on action-412 in
his ftf prep msg
http://www.w3.org/mid/4BF3F881.4050006@arcanedomain.com

Dan Connolly, 19 May 2010, 17:28:49

Another real-life example of authority-carrying URI: see
http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/2010-October/014288.html

Jonathan Rees, 12 Oct 2010, 17:21:10

The description of this issue says it was reopened to deal with Web application state management. I think the publication of the Web Application State finding is sufficient to merit (re)closing this issue.

Marking PENDING REVIEW.

Noah Mendelsohn 13 Dec. 2011

Noah Mendelsohn, 13 Dec 2011, 23:10:40

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