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Re: [Json] Consensus call: establishing name equality

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 22 June 2013 00:15 UTC

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<chair hat on>

On Jun 21, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Jacob Davies <jacob@well.com> wrote:

> What is the problem this is seeking to solve again?

Some people want to compare names for objects. The current draft says:
   The names within an object SHOULD be unique.
If either a generator or parsers wants to follow that rule (as some do), some people in the WG feel that there needs to be a standard way to do so. This call is to determine how to do that, or whether to try.

--Paul Hoffman

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