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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 19:05:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Behlendorf <brian@organic.com> To: Christophe Meessen <meessen@cppm.in2p3.fr> cc: Ian S Eslick <beethovn@ai.mit.edu>, java-interest@java.sun.com In-Reply-To: <9509081246.AA12632@ccpngw.in2p3.fr> On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Christophe Meessen wrote: > (1) locating objects. > Lets name this locating system the Universal Object Locator. UOL > The UOL has for sole purpose to locate objects in a distributed environement. Why not name it a "URL" (with brethren URI's: URCs and URNs) and inherit the benefits of the intense amount of work being done to make UR*-space and HTTP scalable and efficient? For efficiency/portability there could be a mapping done in the header of a Java file between a class name and a URI. Brian --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- brian@organic.com brian@hyperreal.com http://www.[hyperreal,organic].com/ - Note to Sun employees: this is an EXTERNAL mailing list! Info: send 'help' to java-interest-request@java.sun.com
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