Global context registries are a simple, human-friendly way to indicate the global context of an i-name or i-number. There are three key types of global context registries, each represented by a single symbol as shown.
| Type | Global Context | Symbol | Example i-names | Example i-numbers |
| Personal | Individuals | = | date=Mary.Jones.Smith | =!2D37.90C1.FA48 |
| Business/Organizational | Any type of Trade Mark or Trade name | @ | @Johnson.Brothers | @!1057.A22C.4E83 |
| General | General concepts, subjects, topics | + | +flowers, +flowers/roses | +!2640, +!2640/3364 |
Famous quotes containing the words global and/or context:
“Ours is a brand—new world of allatonceness. “Time” has ceased, “space” has vanished. We now live in a global village ... a simultaneous happening.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)