This paper defines a simple model, called a preference hierarchy, that provides a framework for using the information available to a naming system to compute the object(s) identified by a given name. The preference hierarchy therefore serves as a formal tool for designing and reasoning about naming systems.
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Bowman et al. (1993) studied this question.
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