So You Want to Define a Well-Known URI
4 hours ago
- #site-discovery
- #well-known-uri
- #web-protocols
- Well-known URIs work best when a client knows the site (origin) and needs to discover something about the whole site efficiently.
- They are ideal for site-wide policies or interactions (e.g., robots.txt, change-password location), but not for URL shortening or legitimacy conferral.
- Using them as a discovery mechanism can be problematic due to mismatches between user interaction scope and site architecture.
- Employing well-known URIs for content metadata may create trade-offs between convenience and granularity, especially on multi-publisher sites.
- Considerations include having a transition plan for existing root-based deployments, specifying applicable URL schemes, and registering the well-known location in the registry.