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        RFC 2168:

        Title:      Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers
                    using the Domain Name System
        Author:     R. Danie1, M. Mealling
        Date:       June 1997
        Mailbox:    rdaniel@lanl.gov, michaelm@internic.net
        Pages:      20
        Characters: 46528
        Updates/Obsoletes: None

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2168.txt


The requirements document for URN resolution systems defines the
concept of a "resolver discovery service". This document describes the
first, experimental, RDS. It is implemented by a new DNS Resource
Record, NAPTR (Naming Authority PoinTeR), that provides rules for
mapping parts of URIs to domain names.  This document is a product of
the Uniform Resource Names Working Group of the IETF.

This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community.  This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any
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Joyce K. Reynolds and Mary Kennedy
USC/Information Sciences Institute