Several Internet information services paradigms are based upon links t
o information resources. In order to achieve interoperability and inte
gration of different services, the Internet community is being dedicat
ing some effort to the standardization of uniform resource identifiers
(URI). In this paper, a framework for the management of uniform resou
rce identifiers is discussed. Attention is payed to the issues of broa
dcasting and registration of original and replicated information resou
rces. The Usenet News and the E-mail distribution lists are considered
as the supporting mechanisms.