Re: Library Standards and URIs
Andrew Pam (avatar@jolt.mpx.com.au)
Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:25:03 +1100 (EST)
Message-Id: <m0rOyvo-0005uWC@jolt.mpx.com.au>
From: avatar@jolt.mpx.com.au (Andrew Pam)
Subject: Re: Library Standards and URIs
To: rdaniel@acl.lanl.gov (Ronald E. Daniel)
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 13:25:03 +1100 (EST)
Cc: hoymand@gate.net, michael.mealling@oit.gatech.edu, uri@bunyip.com
In-Reply-To: <199501010040.RAA00574@collie.acl.lanl.gov> from "Ronald E. Daniel" at Dec 31, 94 05:40:54 pm
> Should we use a simple indication of level or use a URN to
> identify the attribute set in a URC?
I would support the latter, as it is another step closer to Xanadu-style
hyperlinks. As documented in "Literary Machines" and elsewhere, Xanadu
hyperlinks have a "type" endset as well as a "from" and a "to" endset for
just this reason (that is, allowing an infinitely extensible set of link
types). They also have a "home" endset, representing the document in which
the link is contained, which is therefore not necessarily the same as the
document the link points from or to, a capability sadly missing from WWW.
I am continually fascinated how pioneering designs are recapitulated...
Share and enjoy,
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