Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 11:18:32 -700 (PST)
From: Mitra <mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us>
To: Michael Mealling <ccoprmm@oit.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: Additional requirements for URCs?
In-Reply-To: <199408151301.AA18429@oit.gatech.edu>
Message-Id: <Pine.SCO.3.89.99.940815111735.6142B-100000@pandora.sf.ca.us>
On Mon, 15 Aug 1994, Michael Mealling wrote:
> That's one of the major reasons I don't want URNs tied to DNS. If you just
> make it a PubID devoid of FQDNs then anyone can assign withing a namespace.
> I very much want to see an 'alt' namespace where any tom,dick or harry can
> publish his recipe for marijuana brownies.....
Yes - but who assigns the namespaces? You cant do that with a flat model
(it doesnt scale), and if we are going to use a hierarchy, then we might
as well use DNS for it.
- Mitra