"URN:" - Does a name need a name?

"URN:" is neither necessary nor sufficient - but it's OK

by Daniel LaLiberte, liberte@ncsa.uiuc.edu

• Multiple name schemes are needed, hence the compromise:

• URN:nsi:nss
• URN:<scheme-name>:opaque-string
• So "URN:" used this way is as general as generic URIs.
• Generic URI syntax allows multiple URN schemes

• <scheme-name>:<opaque-string>
• e.g. path:/A/B/C/doc.html
• e.g. hdl:naming.authority:nid
• Small set of URN schemes.
• So "URN:" is not necessary to allow multiple name schemes.

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