RE: Proposed amendment to language of draft-ietf-url-procedures

Ian;

> Then what do you suggest to provide collision management, identification and
> interoperability in URL schemes?

Huh?

How, do you think, IANA is managing collisons, identifications
and interoperability of TCP port numbers?

> If you feel you have a viable alternative, that would prevent namespace
> collision, encourage development of interoperable standards, and provide
> sensible management of this highly visible namespace

DNS has a purely technical mechanism to enforce unique assignment
through well known single set of root servers, even which can be
ignored by local conventions.

URL does not.

> -- I'm all ears.  

You only have to see the real world.

> But a lot of very intelligent folks have discussed
> this matter for a long time, and this is what they came up with.

You seems to have a very strange definition of intelligence.

							Masataka Ohta