RFC 2141 on URN Syntax

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>        RFC 2141:
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>        Title:      URN Syntax
>        Author:     R. Moats
>        Date:       May 1997
>        Mailbox:    jayhawk@ds.internic.net
>        Pages:      8
>        Characters: 14077
>        Updates/Obsoletes: None
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>        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2141.txt
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>Uniform Resource Names (URNs) are intended to serve as persistent,
>location-independent, resource identifiers. This document sets
>forward the canonical syntax for URNs.  A discussion of both existing
>legacy and new namespaces and requirements for URN presentation and
>transmission are presented.  Finally, there is a discussion of URN
>equivalence and how to determine it. This document is the product of
>the Uniform Resource Names Working Group of the IETF.
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>This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.
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>This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
>Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
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