A Scalable Implementation for Human-Friendly URIs
G.C. Ballintijn, Patrick Verkaik, E. Amade, Maarten R. van Steen, Andrew S. Tanenbaum · Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) · 1999
Abstract. In the Web, Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) are used to name resources. The most common form of URI, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) has, unfortunately, some scalability problems. In this paper, we proposes the use of Human-Friendly Names (HFNs) to solve these scalability problems. HFNs are high-level names that allow (human) users to easily deal with names. We also describes a scalable HFN-to-URL resolution mechanism. This mechanism is based on the existing Domain Name System (DNS) and the Globe Location Service. To gain experience and validate our ideas, we have implemented our HFN resolution scheme.