Title :
Scalable human-friendly resource names
Author :
Ballintijn, Gerco ; Van Steen, Maarten ; Tanenbaum, Andrew S.
Author_Institution :
Vrije Univ., Amsterdam, Netherlands
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;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4236.957891
