Michel_Dumontier wrote:
Sure, HTTP URIs can be used
as identifiers, but why would I mint arbitrary HTTP URIs when I can use
a scheme that has no resolution protocol implicitly or explicitly
associated with it?
Indeed, especially since at the moment HTTP URIs will cost you at least 5
cents a piece, whereas non-HTTP URIs may go for as little as 2 cents each!
In any case, the most practical non-HTTP URIs that are in use at the moment
seem to be LSIDs and DOIs; both have an associated resolution protocol...
