# Re: URN functionality from URLs

Steve Putz (putz.PARC@xerox.com)
Wed, 8 Dec 1993 14:55:05 PST

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    From: Steve Putz <putz.PARC@xerox.com>

    To: uri@bunyip.com

    Subject: Re: URN functionality from URLs

    Message-Id: <93Dec8.145514pst.2445@spoggles.parc.xerox.com>

    Date: 	Wed, 8 Dec 1993 14:55:05 PST

Tim Berners-Lee wrote (on Wed, 8 Dec 1993 09:35:42 -0800):

> I proposed that the
> division between the hostname part and the filename part
> (in your terms) be indistinguishable from the other
> hierarchical divisions. This would make a cleaner name space
> and scale better, as hosts could coalesce and split
> to cover sub-domains.

I support Tim's proposal about blurring the distinction between the
host and "file" parts of a hierarchical URN. Any other opinions
or comments about this?

Steve Putz
Xerox PARC

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