Public registry for unprefixed XPointer schemes launched by W3C

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W3C is pleased to announce the public launch of the XPointer Schemes Registry:

    http://www.w3.org/2005/04/xpointer-schemes/

The XPointer Recommendation reserved all simple (unprefixed) XPointer scheme
names to the W3C, but in the announcement of that Recommendation [1] the W3C
Director said:

    [W]e expect to bring forward a proposal for discussion in the
    wider community and approval by the W3C membership which will
    enable open, public and well-regulated use of un-prefixed schemes.

This registry is the realization of that commitment. It allows one to easily
determine whether or not a name is already registered as a scheme name via
HTTP, and offers a simple procedure, incorporating Team and public review, for
registering new scheme names.

The registry is governed by the following policy:

    http://www.w3.org/2005/04/xpointer-policy.html

The W3C Team Contact for the registry is Henry S. Thompson <>.

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                     Half-time member of W3C Team
    2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440
            Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: 
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