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Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name Resolution

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Network Working Group                                         K. Sollins
Request for Comments: 2276                                       MIT/LCS
Category: Informational                                     January 1998


      Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name Resolution

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document addresses the issues of the discovery of URN (Uniform
   Resource Name) resolver services that in turn will directly translate
   URNs into URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) and URCs (Uniform Resource
   Characteristics).  The document falls into three major parts, the
   assumptions underlying the work, the guidelines in order to be a
   viable Resolver Discovery Service or RDS, and a framework for
   designing RDSs.  The guidelines fall into three principle areas:
   evolvability, usability, and security and privacy.  An RDS that is
   compliant with the framework will not necessarily be compliant with
   the guidelines.  Compliance with the guidelines will need to be
   validated separately.

Table of Contents

   1.    Introduction..................................................2
   2.    Assumptions...................................................5
   3.    Guidelines....................................................7
   3.1   Evolution.....................................................7
   3.2   Usability....................................................10
   3.2.1 The Publisher................................................11
   3.2.2 The Client...................................................12
   3.2.3 The Management...............................................13
   3.3   Security and Privacy.........................................14
   4.    The Framework................................................18
   5.    Acknowledgements.............................................23
   6.    References...................................................23
   7.    Author's Address.............................................23
   8.    Full Copyright Statement.....................................24




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