Re: property names

On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 03:43:55AM +0000, Tripp Lilley wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Greg Stein wrote:
> > I still want property names to use URLs. Presuming the IANA lists SVN: as a
> > valid scheme and assigns it to us, then we can freely use SVN: however we'd
> > like, and the prop names will (legally) be much shorter.

Specifically, I'm seeking to get an entry into:

    http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/uri-namespaces

Once we are there, then nobody can bitch at us for using svn: as a property
name prefix :-)

> I was looking around to see if there was a short URL scheme for
> "experimental" schemes, but there doesn't seem to be. However, in case you
> haven't already read them, I recommend the RFCs listed below. If you
> -have- read them, then I'll shut up :)

I haven't read them; was unaware of them. Thanks for the pointers! I'll take
a look.

> RFC 2717 - Registration Procedures for URL Scheme Names
>
> Mentions "alternative" URL scheme trees, but doesn't specify any
> existing atlernatives to the IETF scheme tree

The IANA is the official registry. IETF is mostly about protocols and does
not manage registrations and assignments.

But I'll go read that RFC...

> RFC 2718 - Guidelines for new URL Schemes
>
> Has a bunch of good info on designing URL schemes, including some
> tasty bits I didn't realize, such as "//" as the first characters
> after the : being reserved for schemes that are hierarchical...

Hmm. Neat. A must read.

> I did find an I-D that proposes a "vnd" namespace (ie: "vnd.tigris.svn:"),
> but it's just an I-D, and it looks like it might be going stale soon. I
> didn't hear anything announced about it after the last IETF meeting.

That would be nice.

Along similar lines, when we ship a diff up to the server, I will use
application/vnd.svn-svndiff for the MIME type. Probably build recognition
into the server for that and application/svndiff for the eventual point
where we get a formal IANA MIME type registration.

Thanks for the pointers!

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/