also I'm not sure where this idea comes from, IRIs build on the URI spec, which most definitely are not considered opaque blobs and follow a clear syntax, at least when it comes to resources referenced over http:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#autoid-17
PS. If there is such a reference that I missed, can you link it to me, please?
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