[Sigia-l] Turning URLs into directories

[Ziya Oz]

But why is it that when we find something on one site it is still not easy
to find it on another? Say you found a Harry Potter book on Barnes and
Noble, why is it still hard to find the same item on other sites like Amazon
and Powells? Why is search a one time deal?

Imagine that the URL for the Harry Potter Goblet of Fire book is this:

http://www.amazon.com/books/j-k-rowling/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire

In other words, if there was a standard way to turn things into URLs, then
finding information would be a lot easier.

The basic idea behind standard URLs is simple - given a type of object, like
a book or a movie or a music album, create a URL schema that can be used by
any site. 

First, the objects are divided into categories such as books, music and
movies. The category is followed by a major attribute such as author, artist
or director. Finally there is the title of the object. So for example, if
this scheme worked, we could type in:

http://www.netflix.com/movies/alejandro-inarritu/babel

...to get to that movie on Netflix. Or:

http://www.blockbuster.com/movies/alejandro-inarritu/babel

...to get to the movie on Blockbuster.com.

<http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/standard_urls_proposal.php>


What architectural issues do you foresee for this?

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Ziya

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