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Andy, Reference [1] below might be helpful to you. One of the namespaces listed is OASIS, which requested their URN [2] in 2001. Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton [1] http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces [2] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3121.html Andy Greener wrote: > > I really don't want to open up the old debate about whether to > use URLs or URNs for XML namespace names, but I am curious about how > to go about doing it properly with a URN, should that route take my > fancy... > > I tried "asking the internet", but a search for 'URN + assignment' on > google provides precious little information, aside from references to > the present, lightly populated "registry" and a flurry of papers and > documents dating from 1994-5 (have URNs simply gone out of fashion? :-). > > The apparent process for requesting the assignment of a "top level" URN > domain (or 'NID') appears way too heavyweight for most everyday uses, and > delegation to lower level naming authorities seems to be non-existent, > though I did find a reference to the reserved status of two letter NIDs > for "future use as countrycode-based NIDs for eventual national registrations > of URN namespaces". Did this ever happen? Is it ever likely to? > > Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, so any pointers to resources > would be appreciated. > > Given that it appears difficult, if not quite impossible, to obtain a > properly registered URN-based namespace, why shouldn't I just roll my > own, so long as I'm careful? Who's going to challenge urn:uk:co:gid:..., > for instance, and stop me using it?. > -- > > Andy Greener Mob: +44 7836 331933 > GID Ltd, Reading, UK Tel: +44 118 956 1248 > andy@g... Fax: +44 118 958 9005 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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