[topicmapmail] Re: Document Object Identifiers/CrossRef

[Anthony B. Coates]

** Reply to message from "Daniel Rivers-Moore" <Daniel.Rivers-Moore@rivcom.com>
on Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:08:18 +0100

Dear Daniel,

> Out of curiosity back to you, Tony, does IETF's DDDS URN-URL resolution
> simply define a way of doing the resolution in principle, or are there
> also working software and installed service providers?

I'm not aware of any widespread use yet, but DDDS is basically an enhancement
to DNS that is designed to be as easy as possible to implement & deploy.  One
issue is that the W3C does not seem keen on widespread use of URNs.  They would
prefer people to provide URLs instead, and just manage them persistently.  The
lack of W3C support certainly makes life tougher for DDDS.

	Cheers,
		Tony.
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