# Re: FTP URL mapping

Keith Moore (moore@cs.utk.edu)
Thu, 03 Mar 1994 16:28:03 -0500

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    From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>

    To: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>

    Subject: Re: FTP URL mapping

    In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Mar 1994 15:30:45 EST."

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    Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 16:28:03 -0500

Peter writes:

> Put another way, we'd be solving the problem in the wrong
> place. Sorting out peculiarities of multiple access
> methods sounds like a job for a URN to me. This could
> reference the UNIX file today, the VMS one tomorrow, etc
> and the underlying URN remains unchanged.

Peter's right. The URL needs to *specify* the precise details
of the protocol to be used to fetch the file. The URN's job
is to *hide* those details (along with the file's location).

Keith

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