[Bug 29797] New: some sort of support for "verb-like" URIs

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29797

           Summary: some sort of support for "verb-like" URIs
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: git master
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: lowest
         Component: tp-spec
        AssignedTo: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
         QAContact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
                CC: mikhail.zabaluev at nokia.com,
                    eitan.isaacson at collabora.co.uk
        Depends on: 26866


>From Bug #26866:

wjt:
> Note that you might also want to support URIs such as
> 'xmpp:smcv at example.com?subscribe' or, more troublingly,
> 'aim:goaway?message=bonghits+in+the+hood'.

...

smcv:
> Yeah, those URIs are more troublesome. My thought was that initially, we'd just
> support URIs as nouns (the way the architecture of the Web claims they should
> be used) mapping to contacts.
>
> If we want to support URIs (mis)used as verbs as well, we'd need to add a
> separate ActOnURI(s: URI) option that did "something appropriate".
>
> However, I think URIs as verbs are likely to need rather more UI than the CM
> can offer on its own, and contain additional cans of worms that I don't want
> blocking the simpler feature. URIs for many (all?) actions shouldn't actually
> perform the action, they should just open up appropriate UI to prepare to do it
> (e.g. fill in the message as a draft, or whatever, so the user just has to
> press Send to confirm).

with more discussion near
<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26866#c14>.

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