• DocumentCode
    1541863
  • Title

    Scalable human-friendly resource names

  • Author

    Ballintijn, Gerco ; Van Steen, Maarten ; Tanenbaum, Andrew S.

  • Author_Institution
    Vrije Univ., Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    27
  • Abstract
    To fill the gap between what uniform resource names (URNs) provide and what humans need, we propose a new kind of uniform resource identifier (URI) called human-friendly names (HFNs). In this article, we present the design for a scalable HFN-to-URL (uniform resource locator) resolution mechanism that makes use of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the Globe location service to name and locate resources. This new URI proposes to improve both scalability and usability in naming replicated resources on the Web
  • Keywords
    Internet; human factors; information resources; naming services; replicated databases; scaling phenomena; Domain Name System; Globe location service; HFN-to-URL resolution mechanism; World Wide Web; human-friendly names; replicated resource naming; scalability; uniform resource identifier; uniform resource locator; uniform resource names; usability; Availability; Books; Domain Name System; File systems; Humans; Large-scale systems; Scalability; Uniform resource locators; Usability; Web pages;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4236.957891
  • Filename
    957891
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1541863