Re: [ESDS] Interaction models for Discovery Services

["Kenneth R. Traub" <[e-mail]>]

> I do not think it is good to restrict DS keys to EPC. Personally, I do not
think EPC will wipe out all other numberings and you never know what will be
invented in the future. This could become an obstacle to the adoption of the
future DS infrastructure.

Note that EPCs are URIs (of the form urn:epc:id:...).  So if DS keys are
defined to be any URI, then DS will accommodate not only EPC but any other
numbering system that has a corresponding URI syntax.  For those numbering
systems that don't already have a URI syntax, it is usually straightforward
to create one.  It is also easy for individual enterprises to create URIs
for private identifiers, by using an HTTP URI based on a domain name they
own.  (They may also register a PEN and use an OID, if they prefer an
all-numeric scheme.)

Ken

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