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|        The        International        Amiga        Society         |
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    Amiga programmers have been creating *.library files for over 10
    years now, and quite a few times over that period there have been
    conflicts between the names of these files. So The International
    Amiga Society would like to receive suggestions and comments from
    software developers about the feasibility of setting up a global
    system file name registry. 

        With a global name registry, before you create a catalog
    file, a device file, a library file or any other system file you
    would check with the registry whether there was already an existing
    file of that name somewhere, and maybe register a file name for your
    own use. Ideally such a system would foster greater compatibility
    between different Amiga products, both commercial and public domain
    products. It would provide a framework for conflict resolution
    which does not involve the end user (as it does now), although no
    mechanism for this currently exists. And it would remove one area of
    worry for Amiga programmers.
    
        Given that such a registry is of immeditate (although perhaps small)
    benefit to the Amiga community, that running it would cost little
    in terms of time and resources, The International Amiga Society would
    be an ideal vehicle for such a system. It is with this in mind that
    we hereby request for appropriate discussion of the issues involved
    and any other concerns that you might have to take place. Once the
    issues become clear, the IAS will take steps to ensure that such
    a system is put in place.

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