RE: InfoWorld: OASIS seeks URI scheme that accommodates XML, Web serv ices

Somehow, call me crazy, but I think the TAG will end up discussing this.

Cheers,
Dave

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> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 5:03 PM
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> Subject: InfoWorld: OASIS seeks URI scheme that accommodates XML, Web
> serv ices 
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> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/03/01/08/030108hnxri.xml
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> 'The OASIS Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI) Technical 
> Committee will
> define a URI scheme and a corresponding Uniform Resource 
> Namespace (URN) for
> a common identification scheme across domains, applications, 
> and transport
> protocols. The plan also involves developing mechanisms for 
> resolving XRIs
> and exchanging data and metadata associated with 
> XRI-identified resources,
> OASIS said.
> "XRI is about creating a common URI for how we will refer to 
> distributed
> information, whether it's objects in a directory service [such as user
> objects], or dealing with files in different servers or with 
> different types
> of documents that might be in different systems," said Justin 
> Taylor, chief
> strategist for directory services at Novell, which is 
> participating in OASIS
> and XRI development.'
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