RE: [xri] Property, rel comparison

["Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu>]

Breno de Medeiros wrote on 2010-01-25:
> We can define that URIs are not supposed to be compared using
> schema-specific mechanisms but then things will break because people
> will use equivalent URI/URLs to refer to the same resource and
> interoperability issues will appear.

For certain kinds of things, I agree that's likely, but where identifiers
are concerned that hasn't been my experience.

> This is not the case where making implementation easy is the most
> important point. The spec should define URI comparison to be based on
> the scheme-specific notion of equivalence.

That's why I haven't spoken up (I thought that view was the consensus even
if I didn't agree).

> Also, the recommendation to treat URIs as case-insensitive is just crazy.

+1.

-- Scott