RE: [xml-dev] URIs harmful

From
Joshua Allen <>
To
Mark Baker <>, John Cowan <>
Date
2002-07-26T16:36:31Z
ID
<>
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] URIs harmful
> No, the URI identifies what people use it to identify.  In this case,
> the W3C.  Invoking GET on that URI returns a hypermedia document, but
> that's different than saying that the URI identifies the document.
The
> document is a representation of the identified resource.

Again, completely specious.  Nobody uses "http://www.w3.org/Consortium"
in place of "W3C".  People who use "http://www.w3.org/Consortium" are
quite clear that they have identified "A hypermedia dispenser which
serves up hypermedia about W3C".  It is deceptive to claim otherwise.