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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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