I am not sure the URI normalization is intended in Web Linking. I don't recall it being discussed, other than the issue about being case-insensitive (which is not how URI comparison works for certain parts like the path).
If you feel strongly about it, please chime in on the IETF Apps-Discuss list in reply to my post.
EHL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Cantor [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:17 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [xri] Property, rel comparison
>
> Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote on 2010-01-25:
> > I think we should incorporate this language because it might not be
> obvious
> > to developers who are not likely to study the Web Linking spec. Since
> > we have a dependency on Web Linking, we will have to wait for it to
> > get published as an RFC (at least approved by the IESG), and if this
> > changes,
> we
> > will follow.
> >
> > BTW, I have an open issue with the above text because I think
> > "compared as URIs" is poorly defined (is http://example.com/rel the
> > same as http://example.com:80/rel?).
>
> That's why I don't agree with using URL normalization rules to compare URIs
> that are intended as identifiers. I think binary comparison is much easier and
> much more likely to produce interop. It has certainly worked that way in
> SAML.
>
> I didn't push on it because I had the impression that everybody wanted URL
> normalization, but I personally would argue for not doing that where
> possible.
>
> -- Scott
>
>
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