Namespaces
March 31st, 2004
James Gleick wrote an informative article on “namespaces.” (NB: New York Times article - registration required.) It’s primarily about internet domain names, but Gleick also draws comparisons with some other namespaces which require regulation, such as drug names and the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
Not that confusion over the rights to internet domain names is precisely a new issue, but Gleick’s article is a decent overview of the topic. Not to mention informative: I hadn’t heard of the case of BODACIOUS-TATAS.COM before reading Gleick’s article.
[Via MISCmedia - see entry for 22 March 2004]