# Re: Globalizing URIs

Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:53:37 PDT

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    To: moore@cs.utk.edu

    In-Reply-To: moore@cs.utk.edu's message of Wed, 16 Aug 1995 13:56:28 -0700 <95Aug16.135643pdt.2770@golden.parc.xerox.com>

    Subject: Re: Globalizing URIs

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

    Message-Id: <95Aug17.105342pdt.2763@golden.parc.xerox.com>

    Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:53:37 PDT

> Yes, this is a good statement. I'd say there are two goals:

> a) allow people to make persistent references to documents when this
> is appropriate

> b) for documents that aren't expected to be persistent, don't convey
> a false impression that they are.

> That is, a user ought to be able to know whether a link is likely to
> break before he puts it in his hotlist.

I keep on wanting for there to be something the user can do when
putting a link in his hotlist to _make_ the reference persistent.

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