# Re: No "TOP" of the docuverse [Was: URC usage scenarios ]

Andrew Pam (avatar@jolt.mpx.com.au)
Tue, 4 Oct 1994 08:34:43 +1000 (EST)

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    From: avatar@jolt.mpx.com.au (Andrew Pam)

    Subject: Re: No "TOP" of the docuverse [Was: URC usage scenarios ]

    To: liberte@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Daniel LaLiberte)

    Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 08:34:43 +1000 (EST)

    In-Reply-To: <9410031710.AA21142@void.ncsa.uiuc.edu> from "Daniel LaLiberte" at Oct 3, 94 12:10:17 pm

> A hierarchical naming system, such as the URN scheme, seems to require
> a logical hierarchy for resolving the names. A hierarchy has a root.
> How do we live with that fact?

My proposal is to make the URNs relative to the current server at all times.
Each host can follow a straightforward algorithm to make each URN relative
to itself whenever one is received, requiring only the name of the host
from which each URN was transferred. I drafted a paper on this concept for the
Xanadu community a couple of months ago, but I'm not sure I'm happy with it
yet. I'll take another look at it shortly.

Share and enjoy,
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