Re: [rdf] Re: URIs

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semweb-lifesci/2006Jun/0149]
-Alan'
On Jun 18, 2006, at 12:20 PM, John Madden wrote:

>
> I can't locate the beginning of this thread. Did the discussion  
> start on another list?
> Thanks.
> John
>
> On Jun 17, 2006, at 1708, Eric Neumann wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> This is a very useful and important discussion thread, and I would  
>> like to see others on the list to contribute their thoughts/ 
>> concerns as well.
>>
>> May I ask all the contributors to include HTML links to any  
>> acronyms they reference (e.g., NAPTR)? This will make it easier  
>> for the rest of us to catch up quickly, and to eventually collect  
>> the approaches out there into a comprehensive list of viable  
>> implementations.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Eric
>>
>>
>> --- Sean Martin <sjmm@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>> > MW>
>> > MW> I believe this SRV-redirection behaviour is part
>> > of the LSID spec, and
>> > MW> we use it for all of the BioMOBY LSIDs...
>> > MW>
>> >
>> > It also uses NAPTR's as described in IETF RFC's
>> > 3401->3405 to traverse the
>> > URN namespace, allowing the dereferencing process to
>> > bridge the gap that
>> > separates authority name strings from service
>> > locations. From what I
>> > recall, the URN specs specifically do not permit
>> > names and locations to be
>> > confounded.
>> >
>> > Kindest regards, Sean
>> >
>> > --
>> > Sean Martin
>> > IBM Corp.
>> >
>> > public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org wrote on
>> > 06/16/2006 12:59:12 PM:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 10:41 -0400, Alan Ruttenberg
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > something, but as far as I can see, the only
>> > authority related to
>> > > > namespaces in URLs is the DNS, and while there
>> > is the SRV field which
>> > > > might be used to direct someone to information
>> > about the namespace, I
>> > > > don't know whether anyone does.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I believe this SRV-redirection behaviour is part
>> > of the LSID spec, and
>> > > we use it for all of the BioMOBY LSIDs...
>> > >
>> > > M
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Mark Wilkinson
>> > > Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medical Genetics
>> > > University of British Columbia
>> > > PI in Bioinformatics, iCAPTURE Centre
>> > > St. Paul's Hospital, Rm. 166, 1081 Burrard St.
>> > > Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6
>> > > tel: 604 682 2344 x62129
>> > > fax: 604 806 9274
>> > >
>> > > "For most of this century we have viewed
>> > communications as a conduit,
>> > >        a pipe between physical locations on the
>> > planet.
>> > > What's happened now is that the conduit has become
>> > so big and
>> > interesting
>> > >       that communication has become more than a
>> > conduit,
>> > >        it has become a destination in its own
>> > right..."
>> > >
>> > >                 Paul Saffo - Director, Institute
>> > for the Future
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> Eric Neumann, PhD
>> co-chair, W3C Healthcare and Life Sciences,
>> and Senior Director Product Strategy
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>>
>>
>
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