To: uri@bunyip.com
Subject: use of URNs for caching?
From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
Message-Id: <93Dec1.143452pst.2732@golden.parc.xerox.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 14:34:48 PST
There was some debate but no apparent resolution on this issue:
* Caching: Any scheme should not impede caching of resources named by
it, for which caching is appropriate.
<<This is still up for discussion. Under what circumstances is this
true? Can you tell from the URN whether the named resource is
cachable? >>
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Personally, I'd like to see TWO KINDS of URNs, where you can tell,
from the URN itself, which kind it is: URNs to things that can be
retrieved and cached, and others. What are the possible resolutions of
this? Other opinions?