Re: VOSpace URIs

From: Roy Williams <roy-at-cacr.caltech.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:31:03 -0700


On May 2, 2006, at 5:10 AM, Paul Harrison wrote:
> Replace this
> ivo://org.astrogrid/vospace#my/pathto/mydata
> with this
> vos://org.astrogrid!vospace/my/pathto/mydata

Paul

If we add new and subtle semantics to the IVORN syntax, then a lot of documentation will have to be made over the next years explaining vos:// and ivo:// and why there are two and how they are parsed and used. Each VO tutorial for the next 5 years will have to include 15 minutes on ivo and vos. Future IVOA meetings will need extra time for this extra syntax/semantics. People will want their own prefix ("can I use voe:// for VOEvent?"). So this is a big time commitment and you need *very* good reasons for this. Your reasons are good, I am not sure they are good *enough*......

Roy

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