# Re: The URN: wrapper and URLs...

John A. Kunze (jak@violet.berkeley.edu)
Mon, 18 Oct 1993 09:56:31 -0700

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    Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 09:56:31 -0700

    From: jak@violet.berkeley.edu (John A. Kunze)

    Message-Id: <199310181656.JAA25787@violet.berkeley.edu>

    To: uri@bunyip.com

    Subject: Re: The URN: wrapper and URLs...

> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 93 11:56:25 -0400
> From: Simon E Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
> I therefore wish to propose the following motion to be put before the
> working group;
> -----------------
> This working group notes:
> 1: The exisiting base of both code and data using URLs as defined.
> 2: The lack of deployment of URNs
> 3: The ability of the URL representation to contain an arbritary sequence of
> octets.
>
> This working group opposes:
> 1: The disruption of an existing user base for purely cosmetic reasons
>
> This working group resolves:
> 1: That the specification for URLs shall not be changed to include a prefix.
> 2: That URNs shall be encoded in a format identical to that used for URLS,
> using the string "urn:" as the access-method specifier.

Sounds reasonable to me.

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