On 08/25/11 15:09, Syd Bauman wrote:
I suspect that this is a little off-topic for this list, but I presume
(perhaps foolishly) that the whole point of using URIs as namespaces
was precisely so one could choose a namespace that *is* under one's
control.
No one else in the world is going to use anything in the
'www.wwp.brown.edu' domain for a namespace except me. Similarly, if
you've paid gmx.net for your web-hosting services, the namespace
'http://ns.gmx.net/~noisyb/project1' (or whatever) seems perfectly
safe from other's use (until such time as you end your arrangement
with gmx.net at least).
On the other hand, lots of people *might* decide (foolishly, I would
say) to use localhost.
I don't know what, if any, legal recourse one has to protecting a
namespace, but boy I hope it never comes down to that.
even if my gravestones had a permanent domain name.. i'd rather use a
random md5'ish namespace.. because it is the only future-safe way to go...
i am sorry but i find using anything i do not control or only control as
long as i am alive *and* pay for it careless... and it is a waste of
time to even think about any could's, might's or should's...
if i learned something from life (and software development) than it is
that pessimists will never be dissatisfied...
Dirk
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