RE: [xml-dev] Best Practice for URI construction?

From
Michael Kay <>
To
'Peter Hunsberger' <>, "'Costello, Roger L.'" <>
Date
2005-12-12T17:18:10
Thread
RE: [xml-dev] Best Practice for URI construction?
> 
>    org/stjude/cris/totxv/patient
> 
> might identify the class of patients enrolled on the TOTXV protocol
> here at St. Jude. Whether this in itself returns something useful is
> up to the implementer. In our case, if no specific instance is
> identifiable, we might default to bringing up a search screen (or a
> list) allowing one to find (or pick) an instance.

Either it identifies a class of patients or it identifies a search screen.
If it identifies both then it's ambiguous, which we surely can't tolerate.

I get the feeling this whole edifice is built on sand.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/