Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-14 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:25:43 +0100, Alex Russell wrote: Feels like URL vs. URI to me, which for the 80% case is simply bike- shedding. To be honest, I never quite understood the difference between those two. The difference between a domain and an origin however, is very clear: domain

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-14 Thread Alex Russell
Feels like URL vs. URI to me, which for the 80% case is simply bike- shedding. I appreciate that there is a question of specificity and that your clarification is more correct...but is that a good enough reason to do it? Regards On Jan 14, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: On W

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-14 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:52:50 +0100, Alex Russell wrote: I do agree the title is important and support either of the proposed new titles (preference goes with "Resource"). One question I have here is whether "Domain" would be more accurate than "Origin". Domain does not capture significan

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-14 Thread Alex Russell
I do agree the title is important and support either of the proposed new titles (preference goes with "Resource"). One question I have here is whether "Domain" would be more accurate than "Origin". Domain does not capture significance of the scheme and port, while Origin does. I'm updatin

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-14 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:28:49 +0100, Arthur Barstow wrote: It's been over a year since we last changed the name of this spec so I guess it's about time we renamed it again :-): [[ Authorizing Read Access to XML Content Using the Processing Instruction 1.0 Enabling Read Access for Web R

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-14 Thread Arthur Barstow
Hi, On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:50 AM, ext Anne van Kesteren wrote: I know some people (e.g. Ian) don't like the idea, but it seems the name "Access Control for Cross-Site Requests" confuses people, especially the "Access Control" part: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2008/12/10-minutes#item03

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-14 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Being external to it all, i.e. just reading the mailing-list with the spec-title mentioned just about everytime, it clearly seems like a good move to me: that specs starts to taste interesting whereas, before, it seemed to be unrelated to my tasks! ;-) paul Le 13-janv.-09 à 17:50, Anne

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-13 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Thomas Roessler wrote: > > On 13 Jan 2009, at 09:58, Doug Schepers wrote: >>> >>> Since it can be about more than just data, e.g. images, "Cross-Origin >>> Resource Sharing" might be more appropriate. Keeping the header names >>> the same seems fine, they're just

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-13 Thread Thomas Roessler
On 13 Jan 2009, at 09:58, Doug Schepers wrote: Since it can be about more than just data, e.g. images, "Cross-Origin Resource Sharing" might be more appropriate. Keeping the header names the same seems fine, they're just opague strings, but at least making it more clear what the specification

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-13 Thread Ian Hickson
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > I know some people (e.g. Ian) don't like the idea, but it seems the name > "Access Control for Cross-Site Requests" confuses people, especially the > "Access Control" part [...] If I ever indicated a reluctance to rename the spec, I retract it.

Re: [access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-13 Thread Doug Schepers
Hi, Anne- Anne van Kesteren wrote (on 1/13/09 11:50 AM): > > I know some people (e.g. Ian) don't like the idea, but it seems the name > "Access Control for Cross-Site Requests" confuses people, especially the > "Access Control" part: > > http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2008/12/10-minutes#item03 >

[access-control] Rename spec?

2009-01-13 Thread Anne van Kesteren
I know some people (e.g. Ian) don't like the idea, but it seems the name "Access Control for Cross-Site Requests" confuses people, especially the "Access Control" part: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2008/12/10-minutes#item03 'TBL: Calling it Access Control" is misleading. It's about priva