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>It appears to me that we are making some rather weird assumptions here, >based on history in other environments (like current domain names, phone >numbers, USMail addresses, and so). It is not so clear to me that there will >always be a one-to-one mapping between the destination one wants to reach, >and some name like vixie.sf.ca.us. Eventually such strict bindings will hurt >us even more than they do today. What do you really want? Well, I want to >email Joe Smith? No way, there are too many of those, give me more >information? So, eventually may be we have to deal with more levels of >indirection and some data base support that allows us to zoom in, and, like >it or not, perhaps introduce some margin of error ("sorry, wrong number, >find another Vixie") Hmmm. Like X.400/500?? state=XX, country=US, surname=Jones, Givenname=Pete city=YY, neighborhood=sunnyside, street=rockfence etc. etc. > >I think in our discussions we have ways too much a historical Internet >perspective >with strict bindings in mind, and names and addresses that are supposed to >last for lfetimes. This will not work. Ther are too many people, too many >companies, too many mapping strategies out there. Whether I email to "Vixie, >the bind dude," or "Vixie, the networking person living in Northern >California," may be there should be algorithms and facilities in place that >map those to the same person. Perhaps even in ways the information (such as >email) follows him, rather than him having to chase after his email (e.g., >remap his "current" location when/after he moves). > >What names or addresses things eventually map to should be fairly irrelevant >in terms of perceived complexity, as you'd alias Joe [email protected] to some >short version in your personal alias/nickname file anyway. Or is that just >mapping information for a data base supported translation server? > Dave Nordlund Dir of Technical Svcs Databank, Inc 913/842-6699 1473 Hwy 40 [email protected] Lawrence, KS 66044 "Your Key to the Internet
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