# use of URNs for caching?

Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Wed, 1 Dec 1993 14:34:48 PST

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    Subject: use of URNs for caching?

    From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>

    Message-Id: <93Dec1.143452pst.2732@golden.parc.xerox.com>

    Date: 	Wed, 1 Dec 1993 14:34:48 PST

There was some debate but no apparent resolution on this issue:

* Caching: Any scheme should not impede caching of resources named by
it, for which caching is appropriate.

<<This is still up for discussion. Under what circumstances is this
true? Can you tell from the URN whether the named resource is
cachable? >>

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Personally, I'd like to see TWO KINDS of URNs, where you can tell,
from the URN itself, which kind it is: URNs to things that can be
retrieved and cached, and others. What are the possible resolutions of
this? Other opinions?

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