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[John Cowan]

Chris Maden wrote:
> There is a need to refer to things
> that nobody has registered, yes.  But you then say that Joe User
> shouldn't register Sears, but that's exactly what he did in your
> -//Sears//... example.  If Sears has not created an FPI for their 1922
> catalog, then Joe User should say -//Joe User//NONSGML Sears Roebuck
> and Co. 1922 Catalog//EN.

I agree absolutely.
 
> This isn't true.  The URN spec, as John quoted, specifically allows
> the case of URNs that are not resolvable to a concrete electronic
> resource.  And since FPIs can be used as URNs,
> urn:fpi:-//Joe%20User//NONSGML%20Sears%20Roebuck%20and%20Co.%201922%20Catalog//EN
> is a perfectly legitimate URN that points to the lump of paper in my
> outhouse.

Right, though urn:x-joe-user:SearsCatalog1922 might be more perspicuous
as well as shorter.

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John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan at ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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