[gcs-pcs-list] on using URIs

[Young,Jeff (OR)]

I've whittled the difference down to two lines of code. If that must
stand between us, so be it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Chudnov [mailto:daniel.chudnov at yale.edu]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:41 AM
> To: Young,Jeff (OR)
> Cc: GCS-PCS list
> Subject: Re: [gcs-pcs-list] on using URIs
> 
> Young,Jeff (OR) wrote, on Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 11:07:26AM -0500:
> > Why can't I let this die?
> 
> I don't know how I can say this any more simply:  you are not unAPI's
> target audience.  You already have OpenURL.  Good.  I love OpenURL.
> 
> The rest of the world is unAPI's target audience.  The rest of the
> world doesn't use OpenURL, nor are they about to, today.  If something
> like unAPI caught on with the rest of the world, the world might wake
> up and realize that they really do need OpenURL.  That would be great.
> We would be ready.
> 
> Today we're ready, but they're not.  That's no value judgement on any
> of us or on OpenURL... it's a business decision.
> 
> We've already discussed the possibility of defining an OpenURL
Community
> Profile for unAPI-like services.  That seems like a very fruitful path
> and it seems you already have willing collaborators.
> 
> I don't want to be a jerk, but at this point, this discussion is a
> distraction.  If unAPI fails, let it be a failure of a spec released
> to the market, not a failure because we couldn't ship a spec due to
> infighting.
> 
> Love, -Dan
> 
> 
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