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- > There are already number series for books (ISBN) and serials (ISSN).
- > What I seem to ask for is ISHN, or an International Standard for
- > Hypertext Numbers. These would have to be longer than ISBN numbers,
- > because they would not only refer to books, but also to sections and
- > paragraphs within a book. An author would register an ISHN for each
- > section or paragraph of his book, and other authors could only refer
- > to these numbers. After that, the author must not change his book.
- > This sounds too complicated to me, so lets hear some better solutions!
- This is what DOCid's are. A namespace like DNS where you register
- documents. Someone just has to do it.
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- --sanders
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