To: uri@bunyip.com
Subject: Re: The URN: wrapper and URLs...
From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Message-Id: <93Oct15.221332pdt.2794@golden.parc.xerox.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1993 22:13:24 PDT
Since I argued against prefix 'URL:' and prefix 'URN:', I should
repeat what I *do* support, which is that URNs be designated by
namespace-type:name
such that
isbn:0-06-444090-7
is a valid URN for an online book. Certainly you'll have to invent an
IANA-registry for naming authories with some syntax for the name, but
it probably won't last as long as ISBN numbers, probably will go
through a couple of reincarnations as we thrash through using whois++
vs other services for resolving from names to addresses, etc.
Larry