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Abstract:
This document defines a set of ways to identify a thing (a digital object
in this case) using the output from a hash function. It specifies a new URI scheme for this
purpose, a way to map these to HTTP URLs, and binary and human-speakable formats for these
names. The various formats are designed to support, but not require, a strong link to the referenced
object, such that the referenced object may be authenticated to the same degree as the reference to
it. The reason for this work is to standardise current uses of hash outputs in URLs
and to support new information-centric applications and other uses of hash outputs
in protocols.
Authors:
Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
Dirk Kutscher <kutscher@neclab.eu>
Christian Dannewitz <cdannewitz@upb.de>
Borje Ohlman <Borje.Ohlman@ericsson.com>
Ari Keränen <ari.keranen@ericsson.com>
Phillip Hallam-Baker <philliph@comodo.com>
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