OpenURL

These guys have just done a major release, see
http://library.caltech.edu/openurl/Public_Comments.htm

This is *damn* hard reading, I'm not sure I get it, but I kind of think 
that they are taking yet another run at the large-scale naming problem.

John Cowan has already filed a public comment pointing out that their 
three identification frameworks (ORI, XRI, and URI) can be rolled into 
URIs without cost and with substantial benefit, I assume the TAG would 
probably agree.
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Cheers, Tim Bray
         (ongoing fragmented essay: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/)

Received on Friday, 14 March 2003 14:07:46 UTC