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[spec] URL and URI links

PJ vM pjvm742 at disroot.org

Mon Feb 22 15:49:55 GMT 2021

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On 2/22/21 9:06 AM, Vasilii Kolobkov wrote:

The specification has URLs for link lines. Is that an intentional

choice over a broader URI category?

I'm thinking about using text/gemini outside Gemini protocol and

would likely use some form of URNs for links. There is also a

lovely urn:isbn: namespace that's left behind.

I cannot read Solderpunk's mind of course, but I strongly suspect theexclusion is unintentional, because I can't think of anything wrong withURNs in gemtext.

As Oliver Simmons says, it is already being done. It would be nearlyimpossible to keep URNs out anyway: URNs and URLs use the same URIsyntax, so one cannot generally tell whether a URI is a URN or a URLwithout understanding the scheme.

I guess it should maybe be changed to say "URI" in the spec.

-- pjvm