On 9/15/06, Gerald Oskoboiny <
[email protected]> wrote:
> * Mark Baker <
[email protected]> [2006-09-12 10:36-0400]
> >On 9/9/06, Gerald Oskoboiny <
[email protected]> wrote:
> >>Hmm... urn:sha1: doesn't seem to be on IANA's list of URNs [2];
> >>what's the recommended way to refer to files by their checksums
> >>if not urn:sha1?
> >
> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet:_URI_scheme
> >
> >There's support for them in some p2p clients.
>
> I have never understood the point of the magnet: URI scheme: it
> seems like a pointless wrapper around urn:sha1:, which says
> exactly what I want: the file whose contents have the given SHA-1
> checksum.
I don't disagree, but whatever the reason, it can identify by hash and
is dereferenceable by some (reasonably) widely deployed software.
Seems like a win to me!
Now excuse me while I run off to the first W3C WG meeting on African soil ... !
Mark.