Re: [rdf] Re: URIs

I can't locate the beginning of this thread. Did the discussion start  
on another list?
Thanks.
John

On Jun 17, 2006, at 1708, Eric Neumann wrote:

>
>
> This is a very useful and important discussion thread, and I would  
> like to see others on the list to contribute their thoughts/ 
> concerns as well.
>
> May I ask all the contributors to include HTML links to any  
> acronyms they reference (e.g., NAPTR)? This will make it easier for  
> the rest of us to catch up quickly, and to eventually collect the  
> approaches out there into a comprehensive list of viable  
> implementations.
>
> thanks,
> Eric
>
>
> --- Sean Martin <sjmm@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > MW>
> > MW> I believe this SRV-redirection behaviour is part
> > of the LSID spec, and
> > MW> we use it for all of the BioMOBY LSIDs...
> > MW>
> >
> > It also uses NAPTR's as described in IETF RFC's
> > 3401->3405 to traverse the
> > URN namespace, allowing the dereferencing process to
> > bridge the gap that
> > separates authority name strings from service
> > locations. From what I
> > recall, the URN specs specifically do not permit
> > names and locations to be
> > confounded.
> >
> > Kindest regards, Sean
> >
> > --
> > Sean Martin
> > IBM Corp.
> >
> > public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org wrote on
> > 06/16/2006 12:59:12 PM:
> >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 10:41 -0400, Alan Ruttenberg
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > something, but as far as I can see, the only
> > authority related to
> > > > namespaces in URLs is the DNS, and while there
> > is the SRV field which
> > > > might be used to direct someone to information
> > about the namespace, I
> > > > don't know whether anyone does.
> > >
> > >
> > > I believe this SRV-redirection behaviour is part
> > of the LSID spec, and
> > > we use it for all of the BioMOBY LSIDs...
> > >
> > > M
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Wilkinson
> > > Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medical Genetics
> > > University of British Columbia
> > > PI in Bioinformatics, iCAPTURE Centre
> > > St. Paul's Hospital, Rm. 166, 1081 Burrard St.
> > > Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6
> > > tel: 604 682 2344 x62129
> > > fax: 604 806 9274
> > >
> > > "For most of this century we have viewed
> > communications as a conduit,
> > >        a pipe between physical locations on the
> > planet.
> > > What's happened now is that the conduit has become
> > so big and
> > interesting
> > >       that communication has become more than a
> > conduit,
> > >        it has become a destination in its own
> > right..."
> > >
> > >                 Paul Saffo - Director, Institute
> > for the Future
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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