Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 00:01:49 +0100 (BST) From: James Aylett <sja20@hermes.cam.ac.uk> To: Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com> cc: www-html@w3.org Subject: Re: RFD: Adding alias names to links and resources in HTML documents In-Reply-To: <199704242213.SAA28939@unix.asb.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970424235906.6069A-100000@crystal.clare.cam.ac.uk> On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Rob wrote: > > A lot of suggestions regarding <link>, <resource> etc. Read on: > > A useful feature to add to Cougar would be the use of logical names > (aliases) for resources using the <link> tag. Links in documents > would refer to the logical name of the resource, with that name being > defined (in a shared file) with the actual URL. Isn't this part of the idea behind URNs (Universal Resource Names)? I think this could be achieved better if you used URNs, but specified (via a LINK element in the HEAD of the HTML document) the specific URN database or server to use - assuming that is that I've got the ideas right here. James /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ James Aylett -- Crystal Services (crystal.clare.cam.ac.uk) Ftp and Web Clare College, Cambridge, CB2 1TL -- sja20@cam.ac.uk