# Re: urn:publisher.com:0010929292

Tim Berners-Lee (timbl@www3.cern.ch)
Mon, 18 Oct 93 10:55:43 +0100

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    Date: Mon, 18 Oct 93 10:55:43 +0100

    From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@www3.cern.ch>

    Message-Id: <9310180955.AA01350@www3.cern.ch>

    To: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>

    Subject: Re: urn:publisher.com:0010929292

>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1993 14:13:23 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>

>Who is the authority of the information of and about the document if
it
>has no publisher?

> Without any authority, there can be no guarentee of
>identity.

In the case of a dead publisher, the identity is
history and history (in this culture) is fact.
A reputable library may store the identity and
save it for future generations.

Tim

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