So You Want to Define a Well-Known URI

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	So You Want to Define a Well-Known URI (mnot.net)
	26 points by ingve 1 hour ago

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reddalo 9 minutes ago

I wish people would follow this, instead of coming up with new standards in the root namespace. "llms.txt" [1] comes to mind, for example.

Let's stop polluting the root of a domain!

[1] https://llmstxt.org/

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jvuygbbkuurx 12 minutes ago

Why are they so specific?

Why password-reset instead of a more generic link tree?

Why discord domain verification instead of domain-verifications with a dynamic list on entries?

Seems like a waste of time. I would just define my own spec outside of well known for my use case.

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reddalo 7 minutes ago

Your own spec wouldn't be used by anyone else.

The password-reset well-known endpoint is used by password managers to show a "Change password..." button in their interface, which magically links to the password change page described in that well-known file.

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jvuygbbkuurx just now

If the website implements it. What about email preferences? Removing account links? There are many use-cases you might want to redirect a user to, but having to make their own well known for it seems dumb instead of using a more generic one.

Discord domain verification can tell in their onboarding docs to put it anywhere. It being well known does nothing.

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