[urn] Re: Request for Registration of CTS namespace

Peter Saint-Andre <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:40:23 -0600
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"auto">Hallo Jochen,<div><br></div><div>As team lead for the reviewers, and c=
o-author of RFC 8141, I would be happy to provide a letter of support. I wil=
l coordinate with you offlist regarding your requirements.</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Peter</div><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D=
"ltr">Sent from mobile, might be terse&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><bloc=
kquote type=3D"cite">On Jun 11, 2026, at 8:05=E2=80=AFAM, Jochen Tiepmar &lt=
;[email protected]&gt; wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><bl=
ockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BFDear reviewers,<br><br>Than=
k you all for your feedback. In my opinion everything that is brought up can=
 be managed. On the software side the brackets-issue is even solved already (=
with backwards-compatibility to [ and ], just to avoid problems ).<br><br>Th=
e Saxon Academy of Sciences responded positively on the idea to work out a R=
FC specification. BUT they want to do that as part of a project proposal and=
 asked me if I could collect letters of support as this would document the c=
ommunity interest for the DFG.<br><br>I understood your responses in a way t=
hat you would strongly support the idea of a registered CTS namespace and I t=
hink it would be hard to find a more suitable supporter for this work packag=
e than the IANA and researchers that are reviewing the requests for URN regi=
stration<br><br>May I ask, if it is not too much, if you could provide me wi=
th a letter of support for a RFC registration of the CTS URN namespace via t=
he Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities as part of an text infrastructur=
e project? We might be able to solve this problem until 2028 if this project=
 proposal works out.<br><br>Best Regards<br>Jochen Tiepmar<br><br><br><br><d=
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 style=3D"line-height: 1"><br>Am 04.06.26, 03:35 schrieb "Dale R. Worley" &l=
t;worley@<a href=3D"http://ariadne.com">ariadne.com</a>&gt;:<blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0.8ex 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px sol=
id rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> From: Jochen Tiepmar &lt;tiepila=
b@<a href=3D"http://gmx.de">gmx.de</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
    With regard to the brackets [ and ].<br>
<br>
    Would it be possible to exclude that from the registration with the<br>
    argument that the specs must be adapted?<br>
<br>
    If Neel Smith is not working on that I think it would be my right to<br>=

    change the syntax rules if neccessary.<br>
<br>
Certainly it's possible to write a revised registration that has that<br>
change.<br>
<br>
Who "owns" the namespace specification and who "has the right to amend<br>
it" is, in theory, a matter of intellectual property rights.  I'm<br>
sure that there is no legal precedent for guidance and likely very<br>
little custom to follow.<br>
<br>
It isn't the duty of the URN experts committee to decide that question.<br>
<br>
As practical advice, you should first attempt to coordinate with<br>
everybody else involved in the effort.  If that does not produce<br>
agreement (especially if you get no response), I think a reasonable<br>
course of action would be to remove the optional "[INDEX]" from the<br>
subreference element in this version of the registration template.  It<br>
is always possible to later register an upward-compatible version 2 for<br>
the namespace that includes a workable way to specify INDEX.<br>
<br>
Dale<br>
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