In theory, I agree with you. In practice, I don't know if we have that
luxury. These issues are going to become *very* critical very fast,
because they touch heavily on how we lay out our VRML "world". URLs,
IMO, are inadequate to the task; they just aren't designed for an object-
oriented world. If we lock ourselves into them, we may find ourselves
locked into models that don't work well.
Similarly, the URI working teams may be treading down a path that is
entirely adequate for Mosaic, but wholly unsuited to us. If that's the
case (I'm not sure it is, but I suspect it might be), then we need to
start influencing that process *now*, and make sure that the standards
evolve into something we can use. We can't just assume that something
suitable will evolve for us; we've got to figure out what we need and
want, and start contributing to the other standards processes...
-- Justin
Who thinks that the URN/URC *concepts* have
real merit for us, but the current
*implementation* ideas may be unsuited...
Random Quote du Jour:
"Don't think of those people as mundanes;
think of them as medievally challenged."
-- Melisande de Belvoir