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).
i did not keep the tee shirts as they did not have pockets.
but i can't wait to see icann do to addressing what they did to name
strings. real or imaginary ip addresses could be a real moneymaker
for them.
randy