# Re: Yet more URI/URC

Dirk Herr-Hoyman (hoymand@gate.net)
Fri, 22 Apr 94 12:59 EDT

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    Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 12:59 EDT

    To: Terry Allen <terry@ora.com>

    From: hoymand@gate.net (Dirk Herr-Hoyman)

    Subject: Re: Yet more URI/URC

>I think the bug is that I can give a URN to something of yours
>that you've already given a URN to. I doubt this happens today
>with ISBNs except rarely, but it could be a problem on the net.
>
And just like with MARC or other library catalog records.

This could be handled by some type of signature on the resource itself.
Just like a book has the ISBN number in it, a resource would have the
"authorized" URN. Even in plain text, but I suppose there could be a
digital signature involved. While this doesn't fit into the URN lookup
servers that we are discussing (since you couldn't trust them), for
something like HTML resources and clients it would work.

But, I see your point and I don't see how one can prevent "bogus" URN
servers from springing up, short of cutting 'em off at the knees by
preventing their INITIAL lookup. Does this imply Network URN police (sigh
:-()?

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