On 23/10/2012, at 9:35 AM, Ian Hickson <ian@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Consensus isn't a value I hold highly, but review of Anne's work is > welcome. > > If the IETF community didn't want Anne to do this work, then the IETF > community should have done it. Having not done it, having not even > understood that the problem exists, means the IETF has lost the > credibility it needs to claim that this is in the IETF's domain. > > You don't get to claim authority over an area while at the same time > telling someone else "please fix that" for the hard work that comes with > that area. The reality is, he who does the hard work, gets the authority. All very interesting, but please address the point that's now been made repeatedly -- why is it necessary for you to redefine URIs, rather than doing as we suggest? Regards, -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/