<p>Bravo, this conversation is really heading in a good direction, tangents and all. </p>
<p>FWIW I think Mel holds the higher technical ground to answer Diva's questions most completely (with nods to Dahlia and others), and I think her suggestion perhaps presents the best solution to the problem of (more or less) universal resource identification: )</p>
<p>Cheers,<br>
James/Hiro<br>
SimHost.com<br>
</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 29, 2010 6:44 AM, "Melanie" <<a href="mailto:melanie@t-data.com">melanie@t-data.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>We should.<br>
<br>
Also, we should use extra info in the URI. Reson:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.avination.net:8004/user/44626b40-13d6-4817-b61b-de5df7b5e7e8" target="_blank">http://www.avination.net:8004/user/44626b40-13d6-4817-b61b-de5df7b5e7e8</a><br>
<br>
The above is totally meaningless. It can't be used to do anything<br>
with unless <a href="http://www.avination.net" target="_blank">www.avination.net</a> exists and points to a gatekeeper.<br>
<br>
However,<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.avination.net/user/44626b40-13d6-4817-b61b-de5df7b5e7e8/Melanie+Milland" target="_blank">http://www.avination.net/user/44626b40-13d6-4817-b61b-de5df7b5e7e8/Melanie+Milland</a><br>
<br>
makes more sense here.<br>
<br>
The URI itself provides a "Display name" that the resolver at that<br>
URL can treat as extra path info and ignore, if it chooses.<br>
<br>
This would allow us to create a temporary memory cache record of the<br>
UUID -> name mapping that would let us display a prim creator<br>
without a lookup, which is a potentially frequent process.<br>
<br>
The sim can take the URL at face value and diassemble it, using<br>
44626b40-13d6-4817-b61b-de5df7b5e7e8 -> "Melanie<br>
<a href="mailto:Milland@www.avination.net">Milland@www.avination.net</a>" for the cache and returning that to the<br>
viewer as the creator, all without a lookup.<br>
<br>
While this doesn't prevent verification of stale URI's from failing,<br>
it does allow to display a meaningful text if that happens.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Melanie<br>
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<a href="mailto:diva@metaverseink.com">diva@metaverseink.com</a> wrote:
> Looks like ppl are reading more into this discussion than I intended...</font></p></blockquote></p>