[Playlist] Questions on spec about meaning of identifier and link

[Tomas Franzén]

On 13 jun 2007, at 22.12, Ross Mohn wrote:
> 1. Why does the spec indicate that a track identifier "MUST be a legal
> URI"? I would think of this element as specifying a CD id code or
> something of that sort, not a URI. Doesn't the phrase "MUST be a legal
> URI" conflict with the phrase "location-independent name"?

Hi,

Remember that URIs are not the same as URLs (the L stands for  
Location). URIs can be URNs, meaning something like this (for ISBN  
numbers):
urn:isbn:0-395-36341-1

Note that the above does not specify a location. It's up the client  
to figure that out.
Wikipedia has more info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI

(Hi everyone, BTW. It's been awhile since I last posted here.)

Tomas Franzén
Lighthead Software
http://www.lightheadsw.com/