Re: A philosophical question about large directory structures

At 09:13 23.06.99 -0700, Erik Skovgaard wrote:
>Thomas,
>
>The DC namespace is poorly suited for the Directory since the Internet host
>names are not all guessable.  For instance, if I were to look up Canadian
>Airlines, I would have to *know* that the hostname is 'cdnair.com'.
>
>Since the Directory name registration is closely tied to the legal names of
>companies in most countries, I think that makes for a much better choice.
>I would rather find Canadian Airlines as {o=Canadian Airlines, c=ca} than
>the somewhat cryptic {dc=cdnair, dc=com}.

And the largest oil company in Norway is named "Det Norske Stats 
Oljeselskap", not "Statoil". Few people know that.

I don't think guessing is a Good Thing for naming; the most we can expect
from our naming identifiers is (IMHO) that we nod when we see a search result.
And even that is highly troublesome in many cases.

                Harald A

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