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Re: future of identifiers

2013-10-29 11:05:06
On 29 okt 2013, at 10:38, Jari Arkko <jari(_dot_)arkko(_at_)piuha(_dot_)net> 
wrote:

I have some ideas on what some of these trends might be. But what do the rest 
of you think? Where is identifier technology going, and what new things are 
on the horizon? What do we need to do with IDNs? DNSSEC? What will DANE lead 
to, and how will id-locator split techniques evolve & be deployed? How will 
applications or users think about identifiers in the future?

More information at http://www.ietf.org/blog/2013/10/future-identifiers/

I think it is important to not restart discussions already held regarding 
different requirements on identifiers, requirements that in turn lead to 
various alternatives on how they are allocated, managed and resolved. I do not 
think one can have one identifier that fits all. Instead multiple kind of 
identifiers are needed. Because of requirements on uniqueness (absolute, low 
risk of collisions or not needed at all), persistence, human 
readable/understandable, whether allocation and resolution should be designed 
for read (lookups) or write (allocation), what the identifier is to be used for 
(see id/loc discussions).

    Patrik

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