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RFC 3650
Title: Handle System Overview
Author(s): S. Sun, L. Lannom, B. Boesch
Status: Informational
Date: November 2003
Mailbox: ssun@cnri.reston.va.us, llannom@cnri.reston.va.us,
bboesch@cnri.reston.va.us
Pages: 21
Characters: 54927
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-sun-handle-system-12.txt
URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3650.txt
This document provides an overview of the Handle System in terms of
its namespace and service architecture, as well as its relationship
to other Internet services such as DNS, LDAP/X.500, and URNs. The
Handle System is a general-purpose global name service that allows
secured name resolution and administration over networks such as
the Internet. The Handle System manages handles, which are unique
names for digital objects and other Internet resources.
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not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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