WG ACTION: Universal Resource Identifiers

[Alan Emtage <[e-mail]>]

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Subject: WG ACTION: Universal Resource Identifiers
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 92 17:57:25 -0400


A new Working Group has formed jointly in the User Services and
Applications Areas.  For more information, please contact the chair of
this working group or the Area Directors, Russ Hobby
<[e-mail]> or Joyce Reynolds <[e-mail]>.



Universal Resource Identifiers (uri)

Charter

Chair(s):
     Peter Deutsch  <[e-mail]>
     Alan Emtage  <[e-mail]>

User Services Area Director(s)
     Joyce Reynolds  <[e-mail]>

Applications Area Director(s)
     Russ Hobby <[e-mail]>

Mailing lists:
     General Discussion:[e-mail]
     To Subscribe:      [e-mail]
     Archive:           pub/[e-mail]

Description of Working Group:

The Uniform Resource Identifiers Archives Working Group is chartered to
define a set of standards for the encoding of system independent
Resource Location and Identification information for the use of
Internet information services.

This working group is expected to produce a set of documents that will
specify standardized representations of Uniform Resource Locators
(URLs) which specify a standardized method for encoding location and
access information across multiple information systems. Such standards
are expected to build upon the document discussed at the UDI BOF
session held during the 24th IETF meeting in Boston, Unique Resource
Serial Numbers (URSNs) which specify a standardized method for encoding
unique resource identification information for Internet resources and
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), which specify a standardized
method for encoding combined resource identification and location
information systems to be used for resource discovery and access
systems in an Internet environment.

Such a set of standards will provide a framework that: allows the
Internet user to specify the location and access information for files
and other resources on the Internet, allows users and network-based
tools to uniquely identify specific resources on the Internet, and
allows the creation and operation of resource discovery and access
systems for the Internet.  The security of such resource discovery
services will also be considered to be an integral part of the work
of this group.


Goals and Milestones:

   Nov 92 Review and approve the charter making any changes deemed necessary.
	  Examine the scope of the recommended documents. Review the first
	  draft of a proposal for Uniform Resource Locators already available.

   Mar 93 Submit URL document as an Internet draft.  Review additional draft
	  documents and determine necessary revisions.  Follow up discussion
	  will occur on mailing list.

   Nov 93 Submit the URL document to the IESG for publication as a Proposed
	  Standard RFC.



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