Re: RIM and RS Issue: Identifier Usage (UDDI and URN)

[Michael Joya <mike.joya@xmlglobal.com>]

Len Gallagher wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> Thanks for your comments and the time you took to compose them.
> 
> I don't really dispute anything you say -- but I still want the freedom as
> a submittor to give URN identifiers to the objects I register. And it's so
> cheap to give me that freedom - just a single new attribute in
> RegistryEntry and in Organization, the enforcement of an alternate key on
> that attribute for RegistryEntry and Organization instances, and the
> maintenance of a private, three-column index to map easily back and forth
> among UUID's and URN's so you can give me the performance I want no matter
> which identifier I choose to use.
> 
> Oh -- I might dispute one thing. I agree that the first <arbitrary
> namespace> in a URN is currently meaningless, but that's pretty easy to
> rectify. I'd expect "ebxml" and "oasis" and a few other names to be
> immediately registered, thereby giving those groups the authority to
> further structure their namespaces internally. In fact, we could begin just
> by turning internet domain namespaces around for each company, e.g.
> 
>   urn:com:xmlglobal
> 
>   urn:gov:nist

 Yes, but people will still invent their own semantics for identifying content if you give them the means. I figured that was what ExternalIdentifiers were for. 

 While we're on the topic of identifiers, can anyone provide a distinction between "name" and "id" in a registry object? Is one composed of the other? Please give examples. I understand that id is implied because the server generates it if the client does not provide it. Does the server also generate a name? Can a name be null in the underlying information model?


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