[osis-core] New work item to consider?

[Todd Tillinghast]

Seems we should focus on creating a standard for documents first then
worry about creating osis:.

Todd

> I've been digging through the IETF RFCs for background for a book,
> and I've noticed a pattern: there are many recent RFCs that define
> URN namespaces for various things -- it occurs to me we ought to do
> formal ones for works, reference systems, etc. -- most of the things
> we've been talking about standardizing names for.
> 
> Likewise an osis: URI scheme as Harry mentioned in earlier mail
> 
> Among the relevant RFCs:
> 
> 1737 URN functional requirements
> 1738 URLs
> 2141 URN syntax
> 2168 Resolution of URIs
> 2276 URN resolution architecture
> 2396 URI generic syntax
> 2483 URI resolutino necessary for URNs
> 2611 URN namespace definition
> 2648 URN namespace for IETF documents
> 2717 Registration procedures for URI schemes
> 2718 URL scheme guidelines
> 2806 URI scheme for telephone and fax calls
> 2838 URI scheme for TV broadcasts
> 3061 URN namespace for Object Identifiers
> 3043 URN namespace for people and organizations
> 3044 URN namespace for ISSNs
> 3085 URN namespace for NewsML
> 3120 URN namespace for XML.org
> 3121 A URN Namespace for OASIS
> 3151 A URN Namespace for Public Identifiers
> 3187 Using International Standard Book Numbers as URNs
> 3188 Using National Bibliography Numbers as URNs
> 
> Oy. I guess I should try to read all these. Then I have to rewrite a
> bit of the XPointer spec tonight. will try to finiish catching up on
> osis-core first.