# Some URLs look like URNs already

Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Mon, 24 May 1993 10:31:27 PDT

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    To: uri@bunyip.com

    Subject: Some URLs look like URNs already

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

    Message-Id: <93May24.103133pdt.2741@golden.parc.xerox.com>

    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?

[I was also noticing that news message IDs use lots of characters not
in the URL allowed subset, but that's a different discussion.]

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