Like
the legendary blob, the Internet is clearly out of
classificatory control. Some web sites - like Suite101 - have
introduced the old and tried Dewey subject classification
system successfully used in non-virtual libraries for more
than a century. Books - both print and electronic - (actually,
their publishers) get assigned an ISBN (International Standard
Book Number) by national agencies. Periodical publications
(magazines, newsletters, bulletins) sport an ISSN
(International Serial Standard Number). National libraries
dole out CIP's (Cataloguing in Publication numbers), which
help lesser outfits to catalogue the book upon arrival. But
the emergence of new book formats, independent publishing, and
self publishing has strained this already creaking system to
its limits. In short: the whole thing is fast developing into
an awful mess.
Resolution is one solution.
Resolution is the linking of identifiers to content. An
identifier can be a word, or a phrase. RealNames implemented
this approach and its proprietary software is now incorporated
in most browsers.
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