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... Ideas for a general method for describing mappings between
arbitrary identifiers and numbers. ...
... in [RFC 973]. This RFC describes changes due to the general need to
map between identifiers and values, and a specific need for network
name support.
...
... create a method for creating
mappings from one kind of identifier to another, often with an
inverse capability. The traditional methods are to search ...