@@ -1581,7 +1581,8 @@ Registered names are unique and immutable.
15811581Registered names MUST start with one lower case letter a-z and then be followed
15821582by only lower case letters a-z, numerals 0-9, underscores, dots and dashes.
15831583
1584- Registered names MUST be assigned within a central repository, `zarr-extensions `_
1584+ Prior to release in any implementation,
1585+ registered names MUST be assigned within a central repository, `zarr-extensions `_
15851586a Github repository, where extensions and their specification are listed.
15861587The Zarr Steering Council or by delegation a
15871588maintainer team reserves the right to refuse name assignment at its own
@@ -1593,6 +1594,7 @@ discretion.
15931594 - ``numcodecs.adler32 ``
15941595- **Invalid examples: **
15951596 - ``foo/bar ``
1597+ - ``foo:bar ``
15961598
15971599.. _extension-naming-unregistered-names :
15981600
@@ -1603,14 +1605,15 @@ Unregistered names are intended for private extensions and for experimental and
16031605
16041606Unregistered names are not centrally managed and MAY be used by any extension without coordination.
16051607
1606- Unregistered names consist of URIs, which are prefixed with a scheme beginning
1608+ Unregistered names MUST be URIs, which are prefixed with a scheme beginning
16071609with a letter and followed by any number of letters, numbers, plus symbols,
16081610dashes or dots and then followed by a colon.
1611+ The use of URI names ensures that unregistered extensions will never conflict with or override registered extensions.
16091612
16101613- **Identifying regex: ** ``^([a-z][a-z0-9-_]+\.)+[a-z][a-z0-9-_]+: ``
16111614
16121615URIs (`Uniform Resource Identifiers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier >`_)
1613- are a well-known mechanism to identify resources on the internet and extension authors are
1616+ are a well-known mechanism to identify abstract or phyiscal resources and extension authors are
16141617encouraged to explore further documentation on which identifiers might best express their intent.
16151618
16161619Aware that not all extension developers will want to immediately register a name,
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