[New-imc] CANCUN - internal new-imc DEADLINE 10:00 GMT Sunday 10 Aug 2003

[Chris Croome]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hi

On Thu 07-Aug-2003 at 08:43:53AM -0700, Sheri Herndon
wrote:
> 
> it might be useful to establish a kind of policy or
> procedure for these immediate domain name needs that
> aren't attached to a local collective but to an event
> that has a short time span.
> 
> also, is there someone on this list who can answer
> bart's question about people linking to the stories off
> cancun.indymedia?  this does seem to be an important
> consideration.  i just don't have an answer about how
> stories are archived and whether it has notthing to do
> with the name of the site.

Can I suggest that for sites like this domain names with
the year in them are created, for example:

  http://cancun2003.indymedia.org/

Or (I prefer this):

  http://cancun.2003.indymedia.org/

Then there is no danger that there will be a conflict with
any future events in Cancun that need a site or if people
in that region decide to set up an IMC.

I agree that archiving and persistence is very important,
if people don't think this is an issue please see:

  Cool URIs don't change
  http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html

Can I also suggest that if a codebase such as Mir is used
then since it generates static HTML (with SSIs) it is very
easy to host the content that is generated for ever
without having problems in the future due to codes bases
becoming obsolete or unmaintained and thus security
problems. Also since Mir uses a different server for
publishing it is easy to disable publishing at a set point
in time.
  
Chris

- -- 
GPG Key          http://chris.croome.net/pgp.html
Protest Photos   http://chris.croome.net/photos/protest.html
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE/NNwQIQYsxIuy3pERAhF7AKDB55q6jLMPN+id/EaTGhUAKFKY8QCgwBCW
KlZUbVw5YIyDBg5wKv0x7iQ=
=/d0M
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----