On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Aaron Swartz wrote:
> Sigfrid Lundberg, Lub NetLab <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Aaron, the Namespace Proposal actually contains a persistence statement,
> > inasmuchas it states under what circumstances a DCMI name space URI should
> > be changed, An executive summary of that part is: Hardly ever. Or to put
> > it another way "Cool URIs don't change" [1]
>
> I understand this and I completely agree with it, but you do not talk about
> the other issues involved, like the W3 does. For example:
>
> Whether archives and change data are maintained
> What organizations pledge to maintain the site
> What should happen in the case that organizations are disbanded
That is also true, but then they are not really part of the maintenance of
the name space URIs. So I acknowledge their importantance, I don't see
them as part of our Agenda. I'll forward this to the Advisory committee.
> > Please note that the W3C persistence statement does not live on a
> > persistent URI, as defined in the statement.
>
> Could you explain why you are bringing this up?
I found it amusing that the persistency statement wasn't in the persistent
parts of their server.
Sigge
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