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- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- To: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 14:35:17 +0200
Paul Prescod wrote:
>
> James Tauber wrote:
> >
> > 1. Namespace URIs don't have to point to anything retrievable, they are just
> > unique identifiers
> > 2. Some URI schemes might not be web-retrievable (eg "isbn:1-23456-789-0")
> > 3. Some URI schemes *are* web-retrievable (eg http://www.megginson.com/ns/)
> > 4. So namespaces URIs *can* point to something, though, such as a
> > human-readable description of the namespace, if they use a URI scheme that
> > is web-retrievable.
>
> It strikes me as clearly poor design to use an HTTP url for something not
> retrievable by the HTTP protocol.
It would be, but no such examples were given.
I suspect that the "isbn" protocol example would be better written
urn:isbn:whatever - but regardless, it did not claim to be using the
http protocol
> I am distressed that this is becoming
> "standard practice." How the heck are we supposed to know, on seeing a URI
> whether it is supposed to be retrievable or not?
Look at the protocol part and see if you understand that protocol.
--
Chris
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