> I think it is important to not restart discussions already held > regarding different requirements on identifiers, requirements that in > turn lead to various alternatives on how they are allocated, managed > and resolved. I do not think one can have one identifier that fits > all. Instead multiple kind of identifiers are needed. Because of > requirements on uniqueness (absolute, low risk of collisions or not > needed at all), persistence, human readable/understandable, whether > allocation and resolution should be designed for read (lookups) or > write (allocation), what the identifier is to be used for (see id/loc > discussions). i did not keep the tee shirts as they did not have pockets. but i can't wait to see icann do to addressing what they did to name strings. real or imaginary ip addresses could be a real moneymaker for them. randy