xml-dev - Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary

Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary

[ Lists Home | Date Index | Thread Index ]

To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary
From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:36:51 -0400
In-reply-to: <200208121241.IAA19669@mail2.reutershealth.com>

John Cowan writes:
> Strictly speaking there are no retrievable resources.  What GET does
> is to retrieve a *representation* (possibly one of many) of the
> resource.

URIs identify the untouchable unknowable reality that is resources; all
we see are the shadows on the wall.

-- 
Simon St.Laurent
Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets
Errors, errors, all fall down!
http://simonstl.com

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary
  - From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>

References:
- Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary
  - From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>

Prev by Date: Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary
Next by Date: Re: [xml-dev] XHTML 2.0 and the death of XLink and XPointer?
Previous by thread: Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary
Next by thread: Re: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread