The IESG has approved the following document: - 'URI Design and Ownership' (draft-ietf-appsawg-uri-get-off-my-lawn-05.txt) as Best Current Practice This document is the product of the Applications Area Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Barry Leiba and Pete Resnick. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-uri-get-off-my-lawn/ Technical Summary The draft describes how URI structure is specified; specifically, that standards SHOULD NOT specify structure in URIs (and why). The intended status is BCP. This document codifies what is best practice, in part to help prevent (or aid in preventing) bad practices that continue to emerge in this area. Review and Consensus This document has had positive feedback and strong support from the working group. A number of reviews from people in the web community resulted in only minor additions. Personnel Who is the document shepherd? Martin Thomson Who is the responsible Area Director? Barry Leiba