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I don't understand the need for "//" in the URI. The thing that follows it is usually an authority (hostname), not a name for an algorithm. This would still be

I don't understand the need for "//" in the URI. The thing that follows it is usually an authority (hostname), not a name for an algorithm. This would still be a valid URI without the unnecessary characters and without the confusion: ni:sha-256;UyaQV-Ev4rdLoHyJJWCi11OHfrYv9E1aGQAlMO2X_-Q See: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt Also: "nih" sounds like a pun :-)

idupree 14y ago
"Authority The optional authority component may assist applications in accessing the object named by an ni URI." They give this example: ni://example.com/sha-256;f4OxZX_x_FO5LcGBSKHWXfwtSx-j1ncoSt3SABJtkGk ( https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-farrell-decade-ni-10#section-8.1 https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-farrell-decade-ni-10#secti... )