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Title : Terminology and Use Cases for Interoperability of Identifier Resolution Systems
Author(s) : R. Kahn, et al
Filename : draft-kahn-dsii-id-res-sys
Pages : 7
Date : July 2, 2012
Identifier Systems have been in existence for many years and are in
widespread use. An opaque identifier conveys essentially nothing
about the information identified and must be converted into useful
intermediate information, known as state information, before the
information being identified can be accessed or used. An identifier
that is can be processed by a system in the Internet to provide
useful and actionable intermediate state information is said to be
resolvable. Although there is ongoing discussion about the value of
opaque versus non-opaque identifiers, we assume the existence of a
minimal syntax structure for the identifier and also that the
resolution mechanisms only knows about the minimal syntax of the
identifier. In this document we introduce the notion of
interoperability of identifier resolution systems as a key component
for enabling interoperability of heterogeneous information systems
more broadly, and discuss the role of unique persistent resolvable
identifiers. Terminology is proposed to facilitate this discussion
and a set of use cases demonstrating the need for interoperability of
resolution systems are included.
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