On Feb 1, 2005, at 3:03 PM, Graham wrote:
Aren't we approaching this problem from the wrong end? The id spec should be instructions for publishers saying "Any two versions of the same entry must use the same id, which requires that all characters are the same. Any two different entries must have different ids, ...
Yes, place the requirement where it will do some good. It is okay to require publishers to spell their URIs consistently. There is no need to explain what "different ids" means -- any two URIs that are different identifiers will never compare as "equivalent", regardless of the comparison algorithm used.
....Roy
