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> When it comes to identifiers:
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> - We are going to have URLs that function as locators and (if an
> identifier is omitted) serves as an identifier.
>
> - We are going to need a discovery mechanism (almost certainly a link of
> some sort).
>
> - We are going to need to support other identifiers, IRIs generally and
> URN namespaces specifically for ISBN support (without requiring their
> presence, as URLs can function in their place if the author chooses to omit
> one).
Completely agree that these are the three points that we should be
discussing.
Currently I think that the situation is the following:
- no consensus on the first point, most of the discussions on Github
were about that (single vs multiple locators, using a locator as an
identifier)
- discovery seems very easy to have a consensus for, we'll just have to
figure out the context in which discovery can happen (anywhere on the Web
vs the publication itself)
- I don't think that we've truly discussed the last point, but I hope
that we won't have to be too specific (if we can agree that this identifier
is an IRI and say nothing else, I would be much more comfortable with the
discussion)