In general, the idea looks right, that's how it probably should be

implemented. This is an implementation detail through. The bigger and
more important problem is URI parsing and canonicalization. That's where
most of work needs to be done. In this case tests will be also very
important. You don't know how it should work until you have a test. The
first step would be to write a test infrastructure some tests (adding
new test shouldn't be harder than filling a table with more data). Once
it's done, you'll be able to decide on best way to implement parser and
IUri interface. The project should result in many tests and good support
for at least more useful flags and IUri functions.

Hi Jacek,

Sorry for my delayed response. Thank you for your suggestions.

For the testing infrastructure, I was thinking about writing a few Windows programs that use Microsoft's IUri implementation to generate the results that my testing infrastructure would use to make sure my implementation is working correctly. Is this the right approach or would you recommend doing it another way?

Also, I have finished a rough draft of my proposal and I was wondering if it would appropriate to post to it to the mailing list in order to receive feedback from you and others.