Re: [xml-dev] Generality of HTTP

From
Mark Baker <>
To
Date
2002-01-21T17:56:38Z
ID
<>
Thread
Re: [xml-dev] Generality of HTTP
> Why is a picture of some bricks the same as a brick?

It isn't.  The picture is one *representation* of the bricks.

The URI identifies the resource (some bricks), and a GET returns a
representation (an image) of those bricks.

> Until we get teleportation at the macroscopic level, only information
> products (such as money) can be returned by an HTTP GET. All physical things
> can only be named by or represented by a URI.

Only information can be returned, but anything can be identified.

MB
-- 
Mark Baker, Chief Science Officer, Planetfred, Inc.
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.      
http://www.markbaker.ca   http://www.planetfred.com