To: hoymand@gate.net
In-Reply-To: hoymand@gate.net's message of Thu, 25 Aug 1994 15:09:45 -0700 <94Aug25.150951pdt.2762@golden.parc.xerox.com>
Subject: Re: Z39.50 and URI
From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Message-Id: <94Sep2.001107pdt.2760@golden.parc.xerox.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 00:11:01 PDT
Is there a 'chair' of Z-URL, or someone who might summarize the state
of the proposals, or is there any proposal?
If Z39.50 has no way to refer to an individual document that can
persist outside of a single 'session', then Z39.50 URLs will elude
you. If it does, then the 'connection' vs 'connectionless' issue is a
red herring and irrelevant.
As far as URCs are concerned, I personally believe that the field is
open, and that if the Z39.50 group can show a 'better way' to handle
proscriptive and descriptional document characteristics, then URI is
eager to listen.