RE: [xri] Requirements Feedback from Visa

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Lindelsee, Mike <>
Date
2003-04-11T18:09:29+00:00
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RE: [xri] Requirements Feedback from Visa
I agree that the concept of groups is useful, but I also think that it
exists at a higher level of abstraction than XRIs do.  By definition, XRIs
refer to resources.  There is no reason that one type of resource couldn't
be a group of resources.

Mike

> > GENERAL COMMENTS
> > 
> > * Do we need to mention addresses that support the concept 
> of "multicast"
> or
> > "broadcast"? More generally, do we need to have a concept 
> of "groups" in
> XRI
> > (as distinct from individual resources).
> > 
> 
> Concept of groups is very useful. We were doing some 
> prototyping on XNS
> server for last 3 months, and "group identity" was very useful.