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Lagrange currently uses URL-like (`(<protocol>:)(//<domain>)(<path>)`) addresses for finger, but finger isn't a content-orientated protocol like HTTP and Gemini.
In finger you have a more email-like address, e.g. I have `olive@goodclover.xyz`, and then each person can put whatever text they like in there (Usually contact info and what you're working on).
So I was wondering if using a more email-like URI would make more sense, something like `finger:olive@goodclover.xyz`.
In fact this is what the first two versions (00 & 01) of the IETF draft say, it's only version 02 that moves to a URL-like system.
Note fingering the domain without a user (empty query) usually displays a list of users & useful info, so `finger:@goodclover.xyz` or `finger:goodclover.xyz` should also work (not sure which I prefer).