Re: Persistent or opportunistic IDs

[Brian E Carpenter <brc@zurich.ibm.com>]

Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> 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...

I take NOID as an example because when I read it, I felt "ah, yes,
there are some details to fill in, but the basic operating principles
are clear."  An author can't assume that what is obvious to her or him
is obvious to everyone else.

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

I'm not sure what you mean by "old fashioned" but (chair hat defintely on)
everything is on the table until the architectural analysis has reached
consensus.

    Brian