- From: Michael Mealling <michael@bailey.dscga.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:36:19 -0400
- To: "Sean B. Palmer" <sean@mysterylights.com>
- Cc: uri@w3.org, Tim Kindberg <timothy@hpl.hp.com>, sandro@w3.org
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 03:56:41PM +0100, Sean B. Palmer wrote: > > Two examples of tags are tag:hpl.hp.com/1:tst.12345 > > and tag:sandro@w3c.org/2-4:my-dog. > > Personally, I liked "tann:" as a scheme name; "tag:" is a very general > scheme name, and I can forsee it wanting to be used again someday > (maybe it has already been specified in some proprietary software). > However, "tann:" is fairly unique, as far as I can tell. > > Apart from that, plus the fact that a URN would probably be better for > this (notwithstandig the mapping capabilities), it's a very good idea. Same here... > One small suspect piece from the draft:- > > > If it obtains assignment of extremelyunlikelytobeassigned.org > > on 2001/5/1, then it must not mint tags under extremelyunlike > > lytobeassigned.org/1 unless it has found substantial evidence > > that that name was continuously unassigned between 2001/1/1 > > and 2001/5/1. > > I think that if you cannot prove that you owned a certain domain or > email address on a ceratin date, then you MUST not be using it, > because there's nothing to stop other people using the same space. For > example, *if* I owned "eutba.org" from 2-3 to 2-5 and then someone > else picked it up on 2-7, I could claim that I could use the 2-6 > dates, and so could the new owner... the 2-6 dates should all be void. > This should be true for any coverage or period of time, no matter how > small. If you didn't own it on /1, then you can't use it. Yep. That's the only part that really bugged me. I'd prefer to have a fully qualified date there. You also need to specify which calendar you're using. > P.S. Are DNS records of who owned a domain throughout time kept > somewhere? Otherwise, one would have a difficult time proving that > they owned a certain domain ten years ago, or whatever. Speaking semi-authoritatively here: they're not kept in any consistent way. I think most companies keep their records for a few years as a simple matter of legal prudence. But there is no permanent record of who owned what domain on what date... -MM -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Mealling | Vote Libertarian! | www.rwhois.net/michael Sr. Research Engineer | www.ga.lp.org/gwinnett | ICQ#: 14198821 Network Solutions | www.lp.org | michaelm@netsol.com
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