Re: [syndication] Digest Number 262

[Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>]

The obvious answer is a URI of some sort; it's just a matter of
choosing the sort. There are URN schemes for ISBN and DUNS, IIRC. Or,
use a normalized form of the site's domain name (HTTP URL, or just
domain name; it's a registry, after all).

Cheers,



On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:31:05AM +0200, Pino Calzo wrote:
> Hello julian,
> 
> syc> <source> should then be used to cite the source that the item was
> syc> developed from. 
> syc> 
> syc> eg. I write a story which is a comment about a Wired article. <link>
> syc> should point at my story, <source> should point at the Wired article.
> syc> 
> syc> Going down this route suggests that each <item> should be allowed to
> syc> have multiple <source> with one for each link in the page at <link>
> 
> 
> this brings me to the issue how to code "wired". There doesnt seem to
> be an international standard which uniquely identifies the Wired
> Magazine (and all the private weblogs out there, which can be a
> source,too). Problem with simple text coding are obvious: A site like
> NewsIsFree, parses the newsfeed and creates links. How can the
> software now know that Wired, Wired Magazine (and whatever synonym
> there may be) is the same.
> 
> In the B2B-World there is the same issue with international catalog
> coding. They have been looking for a way to give every supplier an
> unique ID. They came up with the Dun&Bradstreet (DUNS) Number, which
> every company gets with registration. That way everybody knows, that
> 1541212 equals "Staples" (example, not real life number).
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Pino                            mailto:pino@calzo.com
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