IETF Draft Sets up Public Namespaces

Posted by michael on Tuesday September 30, 2003 @04:37AM from the true-names dept.

figlet writes "A new IETF draft is out (URI Scheme for Information Assets with Identifiers in Public Namespaces). It is a very cool idea and basically introduces namespaces through a new URI scheme. These would be used to refer to resources within their own context. NISO will be the registry for public namespaces. Example (from Herbert Van de Sompel): 'For example, assuming that the namespace of Dewey Decimal Classifications (ddc:) and the namespace of Library of Congress Control Numbers (lccn:) would be registered by their respective authorities, then: the Dewey Decimal Classification 22/eng//004.678 (for the term "Internet") could be expressed as the "info" URI:<info:ddc/22/eng//004.678> and the Library of Congress Control Number 2002022641 could be expressed as the "info" URI <info:lccn/2002022641>.' NISO is going to act as the 'info' registry. Very neat. This basically sets up a parallel web of info spaces, where http/DNS space is just one of many, and anyone can register their namespace 'domain'. Way cool!!"

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Dibs by dze · 2003-09-30 04:38 · Score: 5, Funny

I call dibs on the pr0n:// namespace!

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Proposal for the IETF... by grub · 2003-09-30 04:40 · Score: 4, Funny

URI
URI <info:goatsecx/hello>

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Oh, great... by MouseR · 2003-09-30 04:45 · Score: 4, Funny

With addresses like URI:, I'll spend more time on the phone trying to help my mother get where she needs to.
It's Already patented. by jpvlsmv · 2003-09-30 04:49 · Score: 4, Funny

Check out URI:

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Re:Some further possibilities by Greedo · 2003-09-30 05:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Just a thought. I would hate to go looking for info:palm/model/P80900US and find 8 million links to people trying to get me to surf over to their porn site.

No, that would be "info:palm/hairy"

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