# Re: URN to URC resolution scenario

Peter Deutsch (peterd@bunyip.com)
Fri, 12 Nov 1993 13:24:34 -0500

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    From: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>

    Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 13:24:34 -0500

    In-Reply-To: Larry Masinter's message as of Nov 12,  0:02

    To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, mitra@path.net

    Subject: Re: URN to URC resolution scenario

[ You wrote: ]

> Mitra's scenario brings a question to mind:
>
> Don't you think it is likely that different kinds of URNs will have
> different URN to URL resolution mechanisms? . . .
. . .
> You don't want to build the URN -> URL resolution method into the
> design of URN, do you?

Well, as a minimum we'd better have an existance proof
that the resolution can be accomplished. If we accept
this, then I believe that having a general model for
automated resolution in mind during these discussions will
help keep things focused and moving along.

> I've not been taking the 'authority' part of 'naming authority'
> seriously. It's more the 'naming style', isn't it?

I think it's more than that. I see it as the identifier
that informs the user how to interpret the otherwise
opaque string (thus, "ISBN" tells you to go to the shelves,
while "WHOIS++" tells you to go to the appropriate WHOIS++
server...)

- peterd

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