[alicebot-archcomm] [discussion] extension mechanism

[Manos Batsis]

> From: Noel Bush [mailto:noel@alicebot.org] 

> I like the idea of using MIME types, although my next question is what
> to do in the case that the content isn't covered by a MIME type.

Please consider the MIME type as a non mandatory information item,
although it may be of great use if present.

> I still think that a URI should be used for specifying the processor,
> rather than some path to a local processor as you illustrated --
> naturally the program can be built to have local knowledge of which
> processor to use for the URI (without needing to look it up).  This is
> all in the interest of portability.

So, you want a URN [1] for a local processor (instead of a
file_system_dependent path) and URLs for remote services. Both are URIs.

> Right -- so we need an href attribute.

Excellent.

[1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2141.txt

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