# Re: Some URLs look like URNs already

Keith Moore (moore@cs.utk.edu)
Mon, 24 May 1993 17:28:25 -0400

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    From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>

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

    Subject: Re: Some URLs look like URNs already

    In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 May 1993 10:31:27 PDT."

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    Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 17:28:25 -0400

To: uri@bunyip.com
Subject: Some URLs look like URNs already
Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 10:31:27 PDT

> This isn't very profound, but I was just noticing 'news' URLs really
> act like URNs: they name the information, independent of the news
> server from which you are supposed to get it.
>
> Perhaps there isn't so clear a distinction between Ns and Ls as we'd
> like?

News article-ids are indeed names, not locations. However, there are many
news articles (e.g. FAQ files available for ftp) that have multiple URL's
that are not the same as the usenet article-id.

The distinction between the two is clear. It's current practice that is
muddied.

Keith

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