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I guess I'd need to see how the mirroring works, since I'm having a hard time understanding how it will work at the moment (or maybe it's just too late in the day). Rebecca On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Peter Constable wrote: > On 01/15/2003 09:39:45 AM John Clews wrote: > > >Any further thoughts, anybody? > > I agree with Havard's comment that the current long URL, > www.somewhere_at_loc.gov/that's/impossible/to/remember/let/alone/guess is > not a good situation. I have no problem with LOC managing the content; I > also don't care whether they host the site, or Keld or whomever. But it > would be very beneficial to have www.iso639.org as an entry point. > > Rebecca mentioned concern over links currently pointing to the existing > location. That's not a serious obstacle, I don't think. The content could > be mirrored to appear at two locations, or the site could be moved to the > new location and a redirector set at the old URL (surely that doesn't scare > users these days). We could simply have the new domain host a page with > minimal info, basically links to the existing site, though I think that > would be less preferable. Mirroring would be better than that, IMO. > > > > > > - Peter > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Constable > > Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International > 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA > Tel: +1 972 708 7485 >