The Handle System is a general-purpose
distributed information system that provides
efficient, extensible, and secure identifier
and resolution services for use on networks
such as the Internet. The Handle System
includes an open protocol, a namespace,
and a reference implementation of the protocol,
making it infrastructure, not end-user or
off-the-shelf software.
The Handle System protocols enable a
distributed computer system to resolve and
store the identification information (or
handles) of digital resources into the elements
needed to locate, access, and otherwise
manage names for Internet resources (e.g.,
online documents, websites and pages and
other digital objects).
The Handle System was developed by
Dr.
Robert Kahn and his team
at the
Corporation
for National Research Initiatives®
(CNRI) in Reston, Virginia. Dr. Kahn is
a co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols and
was responsible for originating DARPA's
Internet Program.
Dr
Hamadoun Toure,
ITU Secretary-General, awards the
ITU certificate to Dr Robert
Kahn, Laureate of the WTISD
2010, co-inventor of the Internet,
at the ITU WTISD 2010 celebration,
World Expo 2010, Shanghai.
Dr.Robert
E. Kahn is Chairman, CEO and President
of the Corporation for National
Research Initiatives (CNRI), which
he founded in 1986 after a 13-year
term at the United States Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA).
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WTISD Laureates 2010:Speech by Laureate Mr Robert Kahn at the Ceremony of the ITU WTISD
2010 is
available here
Videos
Interview with Dr. Robert Kahn
Co-creator of the Internet; Chair
man, CEO and president of CNRI
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