Re: future of identifiers

[Randy Bush <[e-mail]>]

> 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