IETF Draft Sets up Public Namespaces 184
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!!"
Dibs (Score:5, Funny)
Proposal for the IETF... (Score:4, Funny)
URI <info:goatsecx/hello>
Oh, great... (Score:5, Funny)
It's Already patented. (Score:4, Funny)
--Joe
Way cool?! (Score:2, Funny)
Err, things haven't been way cool!! since the Eighties...
Isn't our industry trying to propel mankind into the future? Forwards is that way...
Hah! (Score:2, Funny)
ahem.
Re:Verisign (Score:1, Funny)
Wait until Microsoft geta a hold of this. An "all" namespace!
Re:Some further possibilities (Score:5, Funny)
No, that would be "info:palm/hairy"
Re:That's nothing (Score:2, Funny)
And it works with Mozilla !
Try selecting this text (taken from the RFC) and pasting it on a browser window!
data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhMAAwAPAAAAAAAP///
AAAC8IyPqcvt3wCcDkiLc7C0qwyGHhSWpjQu5yqmCYsapyuvU
ByTB10QgxOR0TqBQejhRNzOfkVJ+5YiUqrXF5Y5lKh/DeuNcP
a/TPg7JpJHxyendzWTBfX0cxOnKPjgBzi4diinWGdkF8kjdfn
ZeGl9i2icVqaNVailT6F5iJ90m6mvuTS4OK05M0vDk0Q4XUtw
F81M1OIcR7lEewwcLp7tuNNkM3uNna3F2JQFo97Vriy/Xl4/f
hhx4dbgYKAAA7
Does it work with IE too? (sorry, no Windows box at hand)
Genuinely reliable (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm really confused (Score:2, Funny)
or info:weather/06186 (hartford,ct)
or info:ustel/800-867-5309 (jenny)
or info:upc/3951080030 (sobe oolong)
or info:mac/00:30:48:21:97:62
or info:whois/slashdot.org
Interesting.