So if we defined something such as
[Country-code]/[coord]
with examples being:
US/+38.62833,-90.62833 US/ /+38.62833,-90.62833
This would provide both political and coordinates, and provide the option to omit one or the other based on choice.
Andre
Ian Clelland wrote:
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 02:57:49PM -0500, Andre John Mas wrote:
Traditionally mirrors provide a reference to their geographic location. While by no means a guarantee to improved transfer speeds,
The reason I suggest a grid-reference for geographic locality
is the this is language neutral and can easily be parsed and
used to estimate which mirror is likely to best based on
distance, without having to speak to each one. The geographic information could be added be component of the X-URI-RES
header (though this would necessitate a change in the spec):
X-URI-RES: <service uri> ; <service type> [; target uri] [; grid-ref]
That's an interesting idea.. The problem I would have with it right now it that the Internet backbone tends to be laid down according to political boundaries, and not wholly geographic considerations.
For example, Seattle will probably be closer (by bandwidth) to Chicago or New York than it is to Edmonton, which is geographically closer.
ISO 3166 country codes are also language-neutral and easily parsed, and could be used in conjunction with grid references to avoid having to maintain a database of 'nearness' between countries.
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