Re: Persistent or opportunistic IDs

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>]

On 6-mei-04, at 17:28, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> > - do we agree that going the pragmatic route first and adding 
> > persistent identifiers later is indeed possible?

> We need a proof-of-concept proposal before we can agree or disagree.
> I'm not sure your draft really provides that. NOID for example is a
> proof of concept for the pure pragmatic scenario.

What would need to be part of such a proof of concept draft?

As the drafts I've written so far aren't intended to become RFCs 
anyway, I try to be as concise as possible, maybe overdoing it 
slightly...

But are there any "oldfashioned" id/loc approaches still on the table 
anyway?