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Re:Ask HN: Why are URNs not more popular? by dark-star on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:01AM (#34287275)
I guess if you are a phone company and want to track which phone numbers are registered to which client, you don't really care if the number goes to a phone or fax machine?
Re:Ask HN: Why are URNs not more popular? by Kwpolska on Saturday January 07, 2023 @09:55AM (#34288507)
You probably wouldn’t store any of "tel:", "fax:", and "urn:msisdn:" in a database, because the column name “msisdn” is enough. Those would make sense only for data exchange, primarily links on websites.