Re: [xml-dev] Registered Namespace prefixes

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Re: [xml-dev] Registered Namespace prefixes
Simon St.Laurent scripsit:

> My urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.6320 comes via a (free) IANA registry, not a
> commercial provider.  Pouring resources into IANA might solve a lot of
> problems that can't be fixed by waving hands and proclaiming URIs the
> answer.

IANA is a mere tentacle of ICANN these days.  Problems with the DNS would
quickly spread to any IANA registry that became the least bit politicized.

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