Wherefore 404?

CNET has an interesting story about two researchers who are working to make hyperlinks valid even when the links move. The idea is that any page can be uniquely identified by a combination of words that one may find on that page, and that unique identifier may be used to turn up the page if it goes missing. It doesn't address what will happen if the page is deleted from the web or the identifying words are deleted out of the document. Here's the article: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1565468.html

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