The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax ' <draft-fielding-uri-rfc2396bis-07.txt> as a Full Standard This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Ted Hardie. Technical Summary This document advances the URI specification to Full Standard. It defines the generic syntax for URIs and describes a process for resolving URI references that are in relative form. It also contains guidelines for the use of URIs on the Internet and security considerations which are common to the use of URIs. The grammar it defines is a superset of valid URIs, so that a common parser or similar component can be built without scheme-specific data. Working Group Summary The URI working group is not active at this time, but the mailing list (uri@w3.org) remains active. Members of the mailing list reviewed this document extensively, and a comprehensive issues list was maintained, with recorded resolutions of each of the issues raised. The document also received editorial comments during Last Call; a new version of the document with additional explanatory text was generated in response to the issues raised. URIs are widely in used many Internet context, and there has been no dissent that a Full Standard updating RFC 2396 would be valuable. Protocol Quality This document was reviewed for the IESG by Ted Hardie. RFC Editor Note: OLD: URI comparison is performed in respect to some particular purpose, and implementations with differing purposes will often be subject to differing design trade-offs in regards to how much effort should be spent in reducing aliased identifiers. NEW: URI comparison is performed in respect to some particular purpose, and protocols or implementations comparing for purposes will often be subject to differing design trade-offs in regards to how much effort should be spent in reducing aliased identifiers. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
