Re: [DotGNU]URIs

[Matthias Rosenkranz]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 10:21:49AM -0700, Charles Iliya Krempeaux wrote:
> Speaking of URIs.  Is there a way for URIs to use alternate naming
> schemes?... and not be locked to DNS's naming scheme?

If your spec says how to resolve your scheme, I think it's possible to
use alternatives. 

> Also, aren't there URI formats for function calls?  (I remember
> some project using them, and saying they were a part of the
> standard... although a more exotic part.)  And wouldn't that
> format be useful for rls?
> 
> Also, how does rls relate to XML-RPC, SOAP, etc.  URIs can
> only be so long... so is there any plans to send more info
> outside the URI... like XML-RPC, SOAP, etc do?

RLS are just a way to specify the location and 'options' of a specific
DotGNU service. How these are transfered to the server, by using SOAP,
XML-RPC, whatever (most people seem to favour SOAP) isn't clear yet
(at least to me;) ).

        Matthias
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