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The web may not have a hierarchy but URLS do - but it doesn't work as well as the earlier X25/x400 version. So we have to have an address that increases left->
by excuse-me 15y ago
The web may not have a hierarchy but URLS do - but it doesn't work as well as the earlier X25/x400 version. So we have to have an address that increases left->right, then switches halfway through to a different format decreasing left->right
www.group.department.university.edu.country/person/topic/page
Instead of the more logical
country.edu.university.department.group.person.topic.page