[Opensim-dev] Global identifiers

[James Stallings II]

Question:

Will this provide the groundwork for global content identification/creator
attribution?

Thanks
James


On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 1:26 PM, <diva at metaverseink.com> wrote:

> I'm about to introduce global identifiers, so that I can make friends and
> IM work on the hypergrid, and would like feedback on the best form of these
> identifiers. Here are some options:
>
> http://myworld.com:8002/7c4450fc-aeaf-468d-b238-d52955dc868b
>
> myworld.com:8002/7c4450fc-aeaf-468d-b238-d52955dc868b
>
> http://myworld.com:8002/user/7c4450fc-aeaf-468d-b238-d52955dc868b
>
> 7c4450fc-aeaf-468d-b238-d52955dc868b at myworld.com:8002
>
> ...
>
> In this particular case (for friends and IM) we're dealing with user
> accounts, but the issue is broader than that. Whatever form we choose should
> be applicable to all sorts of resources.
>
> My preference is to use a URI, according to the spec of URIs (
> http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/uri-spec.html). The question is: should
> we add additional specifications on these URIs? Like using the path /user/
> for user accounts, etc.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks.
> Diva / Crista
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