proposal to change URL capability syntax

[Andy Bierman <ietf@andybierman.com>]

Hi,

Our URL capability uses the term 'protocol':
  
urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:url:1.0?protocol=http,ftp,file


As this snippet of RFC 3986 shows, we are using the term "protocol"
instead of the proper term "scheme".  ("file" is not a protocol)


        foo://example.com:8042/over/there?name=ferret#nose
        \_/   \______________/\_________/ \_________/ \__/
         |           |            |            |        |
      scheme     authority       path        query   fragment
         |   _____________________|__
        / \ /                        \
        urn:example:animal:ferret:nose


We are proposing to change the term "protocol" to "scheme"
in the URL capability syntax to align with RFC 3986 terminology. 


This change will require existing pre-standard implementations to be 
updated.


Unless there are any strong objections, prot-11 will include this update.


Andy



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