Metadata Resources - URCs

URCs are descriptions of Internet-accessible resources. A resource may be described by 0 or more URCs. There is no central URC service, instead URCs provide a standard scheme for different sites to provide descriptions.

• Uniform Resource Characteristics (URCs) - http://www.acl.lanl.gov/URC/
  • Canonical URC Representation and Operations - Dec 96
  • URC Storage Facilities and Transformation Operations - R Daniel, LANL, March 96
  • A General-Purpose URC Subtype - R Daniel, LANL, Nov 95
  • HyperMail archive of URC-WG mailing list
  • URC Usage Scenarios and Requirements
  • URC Simplification - slides presented at WWW5 panel on URCs, Daniel LaLiberte.

Related resources:

• Names and Addresses, URIs, URLs, URNs, URCs
• IETF URN discussion space
• Uniform Resource Identifiers - R Daniel, LANL
• The URN Interperability Project (TURNIP)

• RFC 1737 - Functional Requirements for Uniform Resource Names

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