VOEvent, unique id's, and IVORNs

[Matthew Graham]

Hi,

Arnold Rots wrote:

>Note that, from a formal definition point of view, there is no need to
>put location information in the authority Id, but neither is it
>prohibited.
>What I am saying is that ivo://estar/, rather than ivo://uk.org.estar/
>would be legal, too.
>(For the bibliographic dataset Ids the authority Id is ivo://ADS)
>It all depends on what is (going to be) in the registry.
>
>I don't mean to disrupt or confuse the current discussion, but offer
>this as a footnote for completeness, so don't let this distract you.
>But be aware that not all IVOA authority identifiers will look like
>what you are using.
>  
>
Entirely true which is why the Caltech authority id is registered as: 
ivo://nvo.caltech

    Cheers,

    Matthew