For the naming team, Have you looked at the ARK naming scheme from J Kunze? There is an IETF draft describing this: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kunze-ark-08.txt. ARK identifiers have the form [http://NMAH/]ark:/NAAN/Name. The NAAN/Name part seems very similar to the Handle system. The optional NMAH part defines a service that can resolve the name. The ARK scheme proposes that naming authorities commit to (and make explicit) a policy for the persistence of the object. By the way, what is it about the Handle system that doesn't satisfy the uniqueness property (c.f. the comparison spreadsheet)? Dave. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Grimshaw [mailto:grimshaw@virginia.edu] Sent: 29 November 2004 18:23 To: 'Hiro Kishimoto'; 'ogsa-wg' Subject: RE: [ogsa-wg] naming service design team call on Nov 29th I have not had a chance to write the revised document. We can however, discuss the one item we punted on - names and authentication. Andrew -----Original Message----- From: owner-ogsa-wg@ggf.org [mailto:owner-ogsa-wg@ggf.org] On Behalf Of Hiro Kishimoto Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 2:15 AM To: 'ogsa-wg' Subject: [ogsa-wg] naming service design team call on Nov 29th Hi all, We will have an name service design team call on Nov. 29th Monday from 5pm to 7pm (CST). Andrew will send out revised naming document before the call. He will lead security aspect discussion with Frank, our security guru. The dial-in number for Monday; Free: +1-866-639-4741 Toll: +1-574-935-6703 PIN: 8980700 Screen share service will be provided. URL: http://hiro.glance.net Session key: 1129 See more explanation: http://www-unix.gridforum.org/mail_archive/ogsa-wg/2004/06/msg00077.html Previous calls minutes: (Nov. 15) Mark has uploaded the previous meeting minutes. https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/naming-minutes-200 4111 5/en /1 Thanks, ---- Hiro Kishimoto