MW>
MW> I believe this SRV-redirection behaviour is part of the LSID spec, and
MW> we use it for all of the BioMOBY LSIDs...
MW>
It also uses NAPTR's as described in IETF RFC's 3401->3405 to traverse the URN namespace, allowing the dereferencing process to bridge the gap that separates authority name strings from service locations. From what I recall, the URN specs specifically do not permit names and locations to be confounded.
Kindest regards, Sean
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Sean Martin
IBM Corp.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/16/2006 12:59:12 PM:
>
> On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 10:41 -0400, Alan Ruttenberg wrote:
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> > something, but as far as I can see, the only authority related to
> > namespaces in URLs is the DNS, and while there is the SRV field which
> > might be used to direct someone to information about the namespace, I
> > don't know whether anyone does.
>
>
> I believe this SRV-redirection behaviour is part of the LSID spec, and
> we use it for all of the BioMOBY LSIDs...
>
> M
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> Mark Wilkinson
> Asst. Professor, Dept. of Medical Genetics
> University of British Columbia
> PI in Bioinformatics, iCAPTURE Centre
> St. Paul's Hospital, Rm. 166, 1081 Burrard St.
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>
> "For most of this century we have viewed communications as a conduit,
> a pipe between physical locations on the planet.
> What's happened now is that the conduit has become so big and interesting
> that communication has become more than a conduit,
> it has become a destination in its own right..."
>
> Paul Saffo - Director, Institute for the Future
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