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title: Joshua Schachter to realize the URN
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- work
content-tags:
- web
- data
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Between [GeoURL][1], [Loaf][2], and [del.icio.us][3], [Joshua Schachter][4] seems to be a one-man show making the Semantic Web happen.

   [1]: http://geourl.org/
   [2]: http://loaf.cantbedone.org/
   [3]: http://del.icio.us/
   [4]: http://burri.to/~joshua/

Now he's [planning][5] to extend del.icio.us to support additional URIs (beyond mere URLs).  [ISBN URNs][6] appear to be first.  Perhaps this will harken the rebirth of the [URN][7]?

   [5]: http://lists.burri.to/pipermail/delicious-discuss/2004-August/000605.html
   [6]: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3187.html
   [7]: http://www.persistent-identifier.de/english/204-examples.php#URN
