- From: Charles Lindsey <chl@clerew.man.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:10:28 -0000
- To: uri@w3.org
On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:15:20 -0500, Al Gilman <Alfred.S.Gilman@IEEE.org> wrote: > Small edit: > > Where it says > >> >> Observe, in contradistinction to the news scheme, that the >> <news-server> >> is not optional here, because the mapping from <article-numbers> to >> actual articles is unique to each server. >> > > [in lieu of > "is unique to each server." > substitute:] > > varies from server to server. > > ... or .. > > is established independently by each server. Yes, I think that is the best version. > > [why?] Because otherwise you need an identifier inique worldwide. The <message-identifier> provides that, but it is too cumbersome for internal use within software (like for indicating ranges of articles already read in .newsrc files). > > 'unique' is stronger and not guaranteed. It is certainly guaranteed unique within a given server. -- Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------ Tel: +44 161 436 6131 Fax: +44 161 436 6133 Web: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl Email: chl@clerew.man.ac.uk Snail: 5 Clerewood Ave, CHEADLE, SK8 3JU, U.K. PGP: 2C15F1A9 Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5
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