# Re: URN Resolution Paths Considered Harmful

Karen R. Sollins (sollins@lcs.mit.edu)
Thu, 6 Jul 1995 15:04:03 -0400

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    Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 15:04:03 -0400

    Message-Id: <199507061904.PAA00934@lysithea.lcs.mit.edu>

    From: "Karen R. Sollins" <sollins@lcs.mit.edu>

    To: masinter@parc.xerox.com

    In-Reply-To: <95Jul5.172125pdt.2762@golden.parc.xerox.com> (message from Larry Masinter on Wed, 5 Jul 1995 17:21:17 PDT)

    Subject: Re: URN Resolution Paths Considered Harmful

CC: liberte@ncsa.uiuc.edu, uri@bunyip.com, FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com
From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Sender: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
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Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 17:21:17 PDT

Should someone be able to replicate a URN->URL service? I.e., is there
a way to ask the URN->URL service: "What URNs do you resolve and what
are their URLs?"

Are there any privacy issues here?

Resolution services as with any other service should be able and
allowed to determine whether or not they will answer whatever queries
to whomever they choose. Each one (or communities of them) will have
their own security and other access (for example fee structure)
policies that they manage by a variety of mechanisms.

I would not agree with a position that said that all resolution
services must be willing to make public all their information, or
provide service to all customers equally in any other way.

Karen

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