Hi Tom, Quoting [Tom Goodale] (Aug 25 2005):
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Andre Merzky wrote:
I am pretty sure it braks for some cases. E.g. the backend may have a moving URL, or may reuse ID's (as Unix does with pid's). However, as long as it is not mandatory, it might just help...
You're right, but it would be useful for many cases.
So I guess we should include it, because it is simple, does not seem to break anything (its not mandatory, right?), and seems to allow a number of useful use cases. As its not mandatory, we should add it to the notes section I guess.
Does anybody else on the list disagree?
I think it should be a hint for implementers, rather than required by the spec, as as far as end users are concerned it should be an opaque string.
Right, that is what we mean it to be, a hint. However, I think its ok to put that in the spec (as long as its clear that it is not normative). As the spec is used for developing, its the best place to have that type of information. The users guide should probably be silent on that issue, I agree. Cheers, Andre.
Tom
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