Stuff Moves (in Mysterious Ways)

• Organizations split

  • AT&T => bellcore, belllabs, lucent, att
  • How to find old research reports? Who maintains the old namespace?

• Organizations rename

  • Resource naming based on authority/organizational name
  • The old organization name is someone elseís trademark
  • The current ìownerî of the name isnít an authority for the old name

• Organizations merge

  • names and authority change
  • The new organization now controls the
  • URN for ìNAIî (Network Associates) vs. ìMcAfeeî for virus files

• Grad students eventually graduate

  • http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/ home page
  • University authority or credentials donít migrate
  • Employees leave the company
  • Organizational hierarchical names are transient

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