[whatwg] URN or protocol attribute

[Ian Hickson]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Brett Zamir wrote:
> >
> > Is there really a need for a more dedicated mechanism? It's not clear 
> > that there is much pent-up demand for this.
> 
> There wasn't a lot of pent up demand for the web itself either ("why 
> would people or companies want to link to other people's sites?"); if 
> people aren't able to use a feature or know of the concept, they might 
> not think of asking for it.

That's true, but we only have so many resources, so we have to prioritise. 
Things that have pent-up demand are typically more important. :-)

I would recommend following a pattern somewhat like the Web's initial 
development: create a proof of concept, and convince people that it's what 
they want. That's the best way to get a feature adopted. This is described 
in more detail in the FAQ:

   http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F

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