OK, enough with atom:id

[Tim Bray <tbray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The survey (http://intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/IDSurvey) is conclusive.

We have consensus that atom:id will be canonical URI per 
http://www.intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/PaceCanonicalIds

We also have consensus that we need strong language in our draft that 
atom:id must be present, globally unique, and immutable (even when an 
entry moves from category to category or feed to feed or wherever).  
There is plenty of good candidate language out there on the mailing 
list and in various Paces.

There is lots of room for proposing language for our drafts or an 
implementors' guide to make atom:id work better.  There have been 
various proposals to recommend some particular URI scheme or URN 
namespace for Atom; so far no specific scheme/namespace has managed to 
get anything like rough consensus.  Doesn't mean it can't happen, just 
means it hasn't yet.

To our editors: please feel free to go ahead and roll in the consensus 
language.
Sam, there might be a few Paces on the issues list that can now be 
closed?  -Tim

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