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Subject: RE: [xri] Empty subsegments in authority

From: "Wachob, Gabe" <gwachob@visa.com>
To: "Dave McAlpin" <Dave.McAlpin@epok.net>,<xri@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:12:24 -0800

I don't think they are the same and I don't think they should resolve to the same thing.. I think empty subsegments are a useful concept.

-Gabe

From: Dave McAlpin [mailto:Dave.McAlpin@epok.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 4:31 PM
To: xri@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [xri] Empty subsegments in authority

Is xri://@a!b equivalent to xri://@a*!b ? Should they resolve to the same XRID?