[sldev] Open Grid Identifier Notation draft proposal

[Tateru Nino]

Jason Giglio wrote:
> Cenji Neutra wrote:
>   
>> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Grid_Identifiers_Spec
>>
>> In short, we're proposing using a domain-name-like system for
>> identifiers, but with the components reversed so as not to have them
>> confused with DNS domain names.  For example, "com.secondlife.agni"
>> could be the identifier for the SL main grid.  There are also specific
>> identifier types for VW components, such as SLGOGP's "agent domains"
>> and "region domains".
>>     
>
> Why?  What's the point in reversing them?
Actually it isn't all that long ago that about half of internet domain 
names were that way around (while the other half were the other way). 
For resolution purposes it makes start with the TLD first, since that's 
the order you actually _operate_ on domain names. However, human usage 
won, and humans prefer to work the other way around, since they would be 
typing and reading them all the time.