Re: [URN] draft-ietf-urn-nid-req-01.txt

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Dan Connolly wrote:

> > Introduction:
> > =============
> > 
> > The Uniform Resource Name (URN) Working Group has defined mechanisms
> > for both the syntax [4] and resolution of URNs [1,2]. An framework
> > for URN discovery systems has also been outlined [3]. This draft
> > discusses and recommends the requirements for entities that wish
> > to act as Namespace Identifiers (NIDs) within the URN system.
> 
> Making new NIDs seems exactly analagous to the process of making
> new URL schemes.
>
> Compare with:
> 
> ------------
> http://www.imc.org/draft-masinter-url-process
>    This document provides guidelines for the definition of new URL
>    schemes and describes the process by which they are registered.
> ------------

I think I and Renato should have looked at this document closer before
typing in the text we wrote. I think personally that the process can be
handled the same way. I.e. handle a new NID as a new URL-scheme.

> Is it really necessary/useful to go through this exercise twice?

A namespace is definitely not the same thing as a URL scheme. Two
different things, but the _process_ can be similar, just like the
processes defined for MIME-types.

    Patrik