# Re: Single protocol for UR*?

Fred Swartz (fred.swartz@umich.edu)
Fri, 29 Oct 1993 14:15:12 -0400

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    To: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>

    From: "Fred Swartz" <fred.swartz@umich.edu>

    Subject: Re: Single protocol for UR*?

    In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Oct 1993 13:01:59 EDT."

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    Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1993 14:15:12 -0400

> From: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>
> To: "Fred Swartz" <fred.swartz@umich.edu>
>[ Fred wrote: ]
>
>> > From: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>
>.. . .
>> I like the idea of using the whois++ protocol (at least I assume so,
>> I'll have to look at it when I have time) , BUT I'd like the URN
>> protocol to be only a _subset_ of whois++. A conforming URN server
>> would then only require support for those operations which are relevant
>> to URNs. . . .
>
>I'm not sure what's in WHOIS++ that you'd want to leave
>out. There are a number of options that a conformant
>server is not obliged to support, but the core set of
>functionality is pretty "austure" (by design). There is a

Great. It sounds like the core subset might be just right.
I hadn't remembered/never knew about.

>The ability to do this (that is, to write to records or
>specific attributes of records, plus the ability to support
>authentication, are both available as options. I don't
>think anyone's server currently supports them, but we do
>plan to add these to ours as time and resources permit. In
>the meantime, the ability to support this is there in the
>protocol.

Excellent. I'm glad you finally worked up the nerve to
propose whois++ as the standard. I do strongly believe
that we need ONE standard for URNs, regardless of which,
but whois++ sounds like a very good choice.

-- Fred (fred.swartz@merit.edu)

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