"Larry" == Larry Masinter <LMM@xxxxxxx> writes:
Larry> Does anyone see any real need to issue a new document on Larry> the "gopher" URI scheme merely to declare it "Historic"?
Yes. Our process currently requires a document action or protocol action to move a document to historic. This could be done for each URL, or a document could be published noting that except for certain URI schemes, the schemes defined in 1738 are moved to historic.
Well, there is:
http://www.ofcourseimright.com/oldstandards.html
Maybe there is no need for these "is Historic" documents, but rather this could be addressed by revising (and progressing) the specification (taking the obsolete stuff out) which introduced them in the first place?
-- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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