Registering GEMINI scheme

[Robert "khuxkm" Miles]

November 29, 2020 2:27 PM, gemini#lists.orbitalfox.eu#v1 at kaction.cc wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I started discussion about adding support for gemini into curl. In
> addition technical issues with my patch, curl maintainer was concerned
> that gemini scheme is not registered by IANA, and sceptical of gemini in
> general.
> 
> Given how widely curl library is used, mainlining gemini support into it
> would give us wide range of applications working transparently with
> gemini: git, RSS readers, mirroring tools, source location for package
> managers and so on.
> 
> For that reason I think we should take the trouble of registering gemini
> scheme with IANA. I can probably draft review request, but we will
> likely need to adjust specification (e.g s/URL/URI/ and other boring
> stuff). According to registration process documentation, it will take
> around four weeks of discussion.
> 
> Thoughts?

We can file for a provisional registration without spending the time discussing it on the uri-review mailing list. The things we need for a registration request:

 - Name: `gemini` works, and follows the syntax required.
 - No duplicate: There isn't a gemini registration yet.
 - Contact information: I feel like along with solderpunk, we should also register someone else as another point of contact, just in case solderpunk disappears for a while.
 - Permanent, citable specification: The Gemini spec, maybe specifically link the section where the URI scheme is defined?
 - Security considerations: mention TOFU?
 - Differences from Section 3: none that I know of?

Just my two cents,
Robert "khuxkm" Miles