Re: Naming things with hashes (not #, but e.g. md5)

On 4/10/12 5:19 PM, Larry Masinter wrote:
> httpRange-14 is about trying to give a meaning to URIs other than the meaning that derives naturally from the interpretation of the URI in an a@href. Thus, I think httpRange-14 is based on a presumption that is false.
>
> The "ni:" scheme is about naming content which is static. If the content changes then the hash changes, and so the name no longer applies.
>
> Meaning and persistence are intimately tied together: if you ask for a name to be "persistent", what you're asking to persist is its meaning. If you ask what a name "means", you're asking about what of its mapping to meaning you want to persist.
>
> Anyway: you can't name "things" with hashes, you can only name static content.

Using HTTP you can Name anything with a Hash URI. Same rules apply if 
you opt for a  Hashless URI.

We only have issues when dealing with Name vs Address disambiguation. 
That's why Van's presentation is so helpful. It deals with Data Naming 
issues and Networking with clarity.



Kingsley
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> Larry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kingsley Idehen [mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:52 PM
> To: www-tag@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Naming things with hashes (not #, but e.g. md5)
>
> On 4/10/12 10:39 AM, Yves Lafon wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Apr 2012, Henry S. Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> Relevant to the httpRange-14 discussion, maybe:
>>>
>>>   http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-farrell-decade-ni-02.txt
>> Note that it's related to content-centric networking that was cited by
>> Jim Gettys in his bufferbloat talk (and here: [1], ref to CCnx [2])
>>
>> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2011Sep/0055.html
>> [2] http://www.ccnx.org/
>>
> Yes, very relevant. Anyway, here are time segment based URLs from Van's
> Google TechTalk presentation on the same subject:
>
> 1.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=1048s
> -- Communications vs Data Networking
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> 2.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=1242s
> -- Doing it differently with same infrastructure
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> 3.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=2320s
> -- Named Chunks of Data (Data Objects style of Resources)
>
> 4.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=2407s
> -- Data Abstraction is what matters not the underlying Network
>
> 5.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=2570s
> -- Focusing on the Data by Name
>
> 6.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=2657s
> -- Security the Data using Crytpo .
>
> 7.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=2662s
> -- Trusting Data via Data i.e., using Crytpo and Trust Logic .
>
> 8.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=2685s
> -- Data Dissemination (Data Diffusion) Example that includes
> Vectorization via indirection in response to Data by Generic Name Requests.
>
> 9.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=2949s
> -- Data Items have Names as opposed to Addresses
>
> 10.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=3003s
> -- Integrity and Trust are Data Properties .
>
> 11.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=3081s
> -- Artificial Tensions about Networking (Bit Shifting).
>
> 12.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=3178s
> -- Communication Wins from Good Data Dissemination Architecture .
>
> 13.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=3640s
> -- Data Integrity and Broken Hierarchical CA Network.
>
> 14.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=3722s
> -- Change has to be Unobtrusive (back to why 200 OK for Locations is a
> nice heuristic when disambiguating HTTP URI Names).
>
> 15.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gqGEMQveoqg#t=3874s
> - What exactly is a Name?
>


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