Local Names Website

Local Names - about using news links glossary - spec downloads

What Is Local Names?

Local names is a way to bind names to URLs.

Local Names is similar to DNS, but with two major differences:

• It's based on URLs, not IP addresses.
• Bindings are local, rather than global, in scope.

That is, two namespaces may bind "Fred" in different ways.

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• Using Local Names -- about how to use Local Names yourself!

About	introduction to Local Names
Using Local Names	how to use Local Names
News	major updates, RSS feed
Links	direct or tangential
Glossary	terminology for Local Names
Specifications	Local Names specifications
Downloads	tools, programs, source

Finally we have a Local Names description, describing the Local Names defined on this site.