Re: [alto] Info Resource Dirs, OPTIONS, 300 Multiple Choices and all that jazz ....

"Thomson, Martin" <Martin.Thomson@commscope.com> Thu, 28 July 2011 20:44 UTC

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From: "Thomson, Martin" <Martin.Thomson@commscope.com>
To: Bill Roome <w.roome@alcatel-lucent.com>, "alto@ietf.org" <alto@ietf.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:43:58 +0800
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On 2011-07-28 at 14:56:19, Bill Roome wrote:
> So the directory server DOES have an authoritative list of uris -- 

The IRD is not authoritative.  Sorry if you got an impression otherwise.  The directory is much like a DNS delegation - a hint from the parent domain that the child domain might be present at a particular place.

Keep in mind that the IRD might be on a different server to the individual resources.

--Martin