Seth Russell wrote:
If the data associated with a linked page were static that might be a solution, however little data is truly static - aside from the address, so my inclination would be against that solution.Actually this is a problem that is worth solving. One would have wanted the framers of the web to have designed out all of these idiosyncratic differences in URIs .. oh well, here we are.
I wonder if there is some quick way to form a unique hash of the
actual content at the time of bookmarking and use that as the unique
id, rather than the URL.
Perhaps an alternative would be to maintain the current hashing methods, and create an additional layer that reviews similar address - as mentioned earlier - for similarity in content.
Either way, to me, the issue is largely derived from the infancy of the technologies/standards in play, and should over time be reduced through greater compliance with standards. Or at least one would hope so.
Maybe some smart individual will propose a popular solution to this problem that threads through our web creating havoc wherever it goes.
Seth Russell
http://bozofaust.blogspot.com
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