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- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:27:34 -0400
"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" wrote:
> Didn't catalogs work? The problem as I understand it is that FPIs
> and System identifiers work for systems only where catalogs are centrally
> located so resolvable, or ubiquitously distributed. DNS replicates
> so I am not sure why catalogs can't. However, one still needs a means
> to automatically add FPI/System pairs to catalogs to be replicated.
> I wonder if spamming isn't the answer.
The answer is to run a bunch of root catalog servers, probably starting at
OASIS. HTTP is a very suitable mechanism for transporting catalogs;
the DELEGATE directive makes it possible to run catalog servers in
administrative areas.
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