RE: [xml-dev] Comparable considered necessary

["Manos Batsis" <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>]

> From: Dare Obasanjo [mailto:dareo@microsoft.com] 

> XML namespaces is the only place I've seen URIs used 
> significantly can you provide any others? Anyway, I decided 
> to give one more shot at explaining my dislike of the whole 
> URIs/URLs mess before bowing out. Here are some analogies 
>  
> URN: Microsoft
> URL: One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 
> URI:  Either of the above. 
> Resource: The Microsoft Corporation

Yes, this explains your argument clearly; it really is a philosophical
debate above all, able to move towards any direction. IMHO the
distinction to be made here is that the URN is an identifier for an
abstract entity (i.e. a non-retrievable resource) and the URI is an
identifier for a physical one (one that can be retrieved/visited).
This means that we are not necessarily in disagreement and I hope it
also explains why I placed my bets on the distinction between
retrievable/non retrievable resources (which especially bothers me in
XML Names); this perhaps would remove what you dislike in URIs.

Regards,

Manos