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So You Want to Define a Well-Known URI

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

Mark Nottingham provides a practical exploration of Well-Known URIs, outlining their intended use, scenarios where they excel (like site-wide discovery such as robots.txt), and common pitfalls. He warns against overusing well-known URIs as a credential or shortcut, discusses discovery and metadata tradeoffs, and offers guidance on transitions and proper registration.

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