keith moore moorenetworkhereticscom tim bray wrote thu aug 7 2008 447 pm keith moore wrote thats ridiculous first http optimal even particularly efficient way accessing kinds resources want permit uri schemes many protocols use well presence http scheme requires use protocol fact high proportion accesses resources go sideways various caching schemes notion scheme implies protocol common old misconception misconception vast majority contexts name resource using http uri expected resource accessible internet accessible via http using information uri silly say existing uri schemes sufficient purposes nobody ever said thing others repeatedly argued one another specific proposal new uri scheme lousy costbenefit ratio totality debate sure many uri proposals poor costbenefit ratios thats reason give scrutiny reason reject idea new uri types overload existing uri types keith _______________________________________________ ietf mailing list ietfietforg httpswwwietforgmailmanlistinfoietf fri 08 aug 2008 014636 0400 new schemes vs recycling http past lc comments draftietfgeoprivhttplocationdelivery08