ISSUE-56

urls-webarch

Assess whether "URLs" section/definition conflicts with Web architecture

State:
OPEN
Product:
HTML 5 spec
Raised by:
Michael(tm) Smith
Opened on:
2008-06-30
Description:
From Roy Fielding:
"...pretending to define a new URL standard as part
of HTML5 is not acceptable. ... HTML will never define the identifiers for the Web. That would be a fundamental violation of the Web architecture."

"Please note that we spent 12 years reaching a global agreement on
the meaning of URI, URL, URN, Web addresses, or whatever else you
might call them. ... I suggest that the section be removed or replaced with the
limited and specific needs for parsing href and src attribute
values such that the attribute's value string is mapped to a
URI-reference with a defined base-URI."

see complete message at: http://www.w3.org/mid/6842F3A9-5BBD-4A8B-BB54-73C116EE8785@gbiv.com
Related Actions Items:
Related emails:
  1. Re: HTML5 URL vs. IRI vs. URI... (from connolly@w3.org on 2008-08-22)
  2. Re: heads-up about 'new' URLs section in HTML5 editor's draft (from rob@robburns.com on 2008-06-30)
  3. HTML5 'URL' definition vs. Web architecture [was: heads-up about 'new' URLs section in HTML5 editor's draft] (from mike@w3.org on 2008-06-30)
  4. Re: heads-up about 'new' URLs section in HTML5 editor's draft (from fielding@gbiv.com on 2008-06-30)

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