- From: Peter Flynn <pflynn@curia.ucc.ie>
- Date: 31 Mar 1997 13:05:43 +0100
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 09:36 31/03/97 +0100, Martin wrote: >You need public identifiers to overcome the location shifts so prevelant in >modern nucleated systems. Without public identifiers, and catalogs to >intepret them, you cannot create any valid WWW document set with a realistic >lifespan of more than 2-3 years as that is the average lifespan of the >underlying system, and a new system typically means a revised file >structure. With public identifiers, and an ever expanding set of resolution >methods, you can envisage this mechanism being expanded to 20-30 years (but >not beyond, because by then no-one will be using those arcane DOS-based URL >file paths to locate things beyond about 2010: we will all be using URNs and >other forms of public identifiers, such as EAN bar codes and numeric >references). In a nutshell, thanks. I'll shut up now :-) ///Peter
Received on Monday, 31 March 1997 07:07:05 UTC