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Subject: RE: [xri] Names for XRI URIs and URNs
Gabe, Great point. I absolutely agree we need clear, short names for a) URIs that conform to the XRI syntax for URIs and b) URNs that conform to the XRI syntax for URNs. One suggestion that has been made is to avoid making the same terminology mistake that "URN" originally made by calling a permanent identifier a "name" (when in fact "name" is the term probably most commonly associated with a reassignable identifier). Since the term most commonly associated with a permanent identifier is "ID", I suggest the term "XRID" instead of "XRN". So you'd have: a) "XRI" for URIs that conform to the XRI syntax for URIs b) "XRID" for URNs that conform to the XRI syntax for URNs The only downside is that it may not be quite as intuitive to the very technical crowd that an "XRID" is the XRI equivalent of a URN. But the upside is that "XRID" will likely be much more intuitive to a much wider audience in the long term as the "permanent" version of an XRI. Others on the list, what do you think? =Drummond -----Original Message----- From: Wachob, Gabe [mailto:gwachob@visa.com] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:20 PM To: 'xri@lists.oasis-open.org' Subject: [xri] Names for XRI URIs and URNs Working on the requirements document, its becoming awkward to say "XRI URIs and XRI URNs". I'd like to adopt a nomenclature for these two sets of identifiers: a) URIs that conform to the XRI syntax for URIs b) URNs that conform to the XRI syntax for URNs One might simply say "XRIs and XRNs" for a) and b) respectively. Some have argued using these terms (with the "I" intepreted as "identifier" and "N" interpreted as "Name" as per URI and URN) are confusing. URI's are more like non-persistent "Names" and URNs are more like persistent "IDs". Thats a reasonable argument, but then again, it maybe inviting an uphill push to try to use new terminology that ISN'T derived from the URN/URI terminology. XRN (as far as I know) is only commonly used to refer to the XWindows newsreader (which is not so popular these days). XRI & XRN would work nicely in emphasizing their relationship to the URI and URN dichotomy. Other suggestions/pushback? If not, I'd like to start using this terminology. -Gabe
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