I'm not saying you don't have all of the data available in some 
fashion... just that people seemed to be trying to cram three or more 
concepts into one or two names in a URL or URI.

Stephen Hahn wrote:
> * Jordan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-05-29 22:34]:
>> Sounds like might you need *three* domain names in there some place, in 
>> the fully-qualified URL case:
>>
>> - the name of the server you're retrieving from
> 
>   The mirrors property of the image's configuration for a particular
>   authority contains the list of mirrors.  Use the HTTPS transport, if
>   offered, to verify that this server is trusted.
>  
>> - the name of the organization that built and signed the package and so 
>> is responsible for the binaries
> 
>   We verify this by having cryptographically signed catalogs and manifests.
> 
>> - the name of the organization that originally wrote the software and so 
>> is responsible for the sources
> 
>> (Of course, that still doesn't take into account the possibility that 
>> there are multiple levels of source authorship.)
> 
>   These are properties in the metadata, and were discussed in the "Tags
>   and attributes" thread.
> 
>   - Stephen
> 

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