Re: [Gzz] urn-5 "documents"

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 01:39:10PM +0200, Benja Fallenstein wrote:
> 
> Re Tuomas' comment in urn5.tex, in the "Potential Problems" section.
> 
> You say, "Anyone may spoof an id easily. Therefore, you can't really 
> refer to an id outside of the current context: too easy to substitute 
> another document for it."
> 
> IMHO that's the wrong way to think about this. urn-5 ids *never* refer 
> to specific data, there is no GET-type operation defined on them. 

Exactly. That's the point that we REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY have
to drive through. If *I* lost sight of it for a moment, think about
Joe Random Reader.

        Tuomas