Hi Freek On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Freek Dijkstra wrote:
As for the adding hierarchy to URNs, I suggest we discuss this at OGF 40. I think it is a bad idea to add a network hierarchy to an identifier, but do not necessarily object to all sorts of hierarchies. In fact, the URN:OGF:NETWORK specification already requires that the first part of a URN starts with an identifier of the assigning organization (which is somewhat akin to the NSA, but not necessarily the same as the Topology).
The reason we made identifiers hierarchial is because we wanted a hierarchial model, including the identifiers. I don't care about URNs. They add exactly zero value to the system. I have yet to see a good argument for why "urn:ogf:network:nordu.net:2013:ps?vlan=1701" is better than "nordu.net:ps?vlan=1701" Best regards, Henrik Henrik Thostrup Jensen <htj at nordu.net> Software Developer, NORDUnet