1. An electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system, comprising: a protocol through which electronic resources are each denoted by a resource alias unique throughout an interconnected network of two or more networks, each of said resource aliases comprising a string of characters forming a mnemonic independent of the physical location of, or path to said electronic resource, and not dependent on an identification of a naming authority governing the assignment of resource aliases for use on said interconnected network; location data associated with each of said resource aliases; a central registry accessible through said interconnected network for resolving said resource aliases into their respective associated location data; and at least one computer accessible through said interconnected network for requesting a resolution of a particular resource alias.