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Subject: RE: [xtm-wg] Re: Registration Autorities and PSIs
What you call the DNA Solution is also basic to the architecture of TCP/IP: Lots of redundant paths. (Sorry I'm late replying) Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernard Vatant [SMTP:universimmedia@wanadoo.fr] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 6:10 PM > To: xtm-wg@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [xtm-wg] Re: Registration Autorities and PSIs > <snip/> > Jim wrote: > << I am not taking a formal position on (1) whether PSI thingies must be > accessible online or (2) if the answer to 1 is affirmative, who should be > responsible. > <snip/> > My long-term concern is that if we do decide that there are certain PSIs > that not only are needed for Topic Maps to work but also need to be > accessible, then those things need to be in some reliable place. The Net > is > entirely too squishily unstable for me to place much confidence in finding > anything other than a 404 error at the end of a lot of links. I don't want > that to happen with PSIs. >> > > Completely true and relevant. And if what you add afterwards about > bureaucraty I'm compelled to approve too, even if I don't fancy it more > than > you, I tend to think now that reliable PSIs should not rely on one single > registry, but that some kind of redundant network could allow them to be > accessible even if one of the registries is temporarily or definitely > dead. > To be sure to keep something available a long time, there are two ways: > keep > it single in a safely guarded place, or make it alive and spread it all > over > the planet. My hunch is that in the long run, the latter (DNA strategy) is > more sustainable than the former (bunker strategy). > How to make that technically possible I don't know. But I have confidence, > as always, in all the smart engineers we got out there ... > > Cheers all > > Bernard > > ------------------------------------------------- > bernard.vatant@mondeca.com > Mondeca - "Making Sense of Content" > www.mondeca.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > > To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide "Securing Your Web Site for Business." Get it now! http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n094442340008000 http://us.click.yahoo.com/6lIgYB/IWxCAA/yigFAA/2U_rlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@yahooGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@yahooGroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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