- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 13:59:51 -0400
- To: abrahams@acm.org, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote: > Maybe the integer dispenser already exists. If it doesn't, > it should. It obviously has many uses. It does exist, indeed: these chains of integers are called OIDs and are used in X.500 directories among other places. There is an OID for the Internet as a whole (under "ISO-Countries-United States-Department of Defense" for historical reasons). It would be good to bring OIDs under URIs by some means such as "oid:" or "urn:oid:". -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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