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Long term naming solutions, alternatives
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:06:45 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 08:10:00 -0500 From: Peter Bachman <peterb () cequs com> Subject: Long term naming solutions, alternatives To: dave () farber net Dave, In a sense this kind of DNS registration is competing with other solutions for digital object registration which are offered through ANSI, and IANA, for long term persistent naming/numbering. As to whether DNS will still be around, who knows. http://www.ansi.org The ANSI registration has always been *much* more money than a simple domain registration, but there's no expiration date, which allows for complete uniqueness of the various object descriptors from now forward. They also have a dispute resolution process. Domain names are like an internet front door address, so people can find you, but any in depth interaction between parties usually involves an exchange of intellectual, and other property which will likely involve more in depth naming and numbering. Such was the lesson of .com, there has to be more than a name and a web site. Of course the usual disclaimers apply. See also: http://xml.coverpages.org/doi.html Peter Bachman peterb () cequs comCequs Inc.
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