From: mitra@path.net (Mitra)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 12:07:23 PDT
In-Reply-To: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>
To: peterd@bunyip.com, masinter@parc.xerox.com
Subject: Re: URN to URC resolution scenario
Message-Id: <9311121207.aa15109@pandora.sf.ca.us>
Peter
I contend that DNS is an existance proof that resolution can be accomplished,
although I agree taht we have a more complex case and more work to
do to make this thing usefull.
DNS also gives us another usefull example. I contend that if DNS
didnt give us *A* reliable way to resolve host names, then we'd still
be using IP numbers for most things. I believe that without such
a method for URN's we'll stay using URL's .
Note - that I say "A" not "THE" /etc/hosts, and NIS both provide alternate
ways to resolve some names, but the existance of one way that works in
almost all cases makes me confident that I can ship someone my FQDN and
know they'll be able to find me.
- Mitra