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== DNS vs. the Handle System ==

== DNS vs. the Handle System ==

In the September 2003 edition of "Release 1.0," ICANN's first Chairman, Ms. Esther Dyson, contrasts the DNS to the Handle System. DNS is just one of the systems through which one can identify resources on the internet. Although it is currently the main system used to facilitate the location of resources on the internet, and it is performing its task effectively, it has the limitation of only recognizing identifiers of specific machines on the internet and not other resources like documents, images, etc. CNRI’s DOB stores identifiers of such resources in the form of metadata, which are also searchable. This system is known as Handle System. This system can be an effective replacement to overcome DNS’s limitation.<ref>[http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march04/lyons/03lyons.html dlib.org]D-lib magazine March,2004</ref>

In the September 2003 edition of "Release 1.0," ICANN's first Chairman, Ms. [[Esther Dyson]], contrasts the DNS to the Handle System. DNS is just one of the systems through which one can identify resources on the internet. Although it is currently the main system used to facilitate the location of resources on the internet, and it is performing its task effectively, it has the limitation of only recognizing identifiers of specific machines on the internet and not other resources like documents, images, etc. CNRI’s DOB stores identifiers of such resources in the form of metadata, which are also searchable. This system is known as Handle System. This system can be an effective replacement to overcome DNS’s limitation.<ref>[http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march04/lyons/03lyons.html dlib.org]D-lib magazine March,2004</ref>

== References ==

== References ==