Re: naming resources - Slug-Header

On 10 Jan 2013, at 10:49, Wilde, Erik wrote:

> On 2013-01-10 11:29 , "Andy Seaborne" <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
> wrote:
>> The body of a request is the desired state of the target.  It is not a
>> description of the request itself but the final state of the resource.
>> "<> rdfs:label" is about the resource.  So I don't know what the subject
>> of the rdfs:label would be.  I think rdfs:label is use for other things
>> (display labels).
> 
> you could still extract hints from it, which may or may not allow the
> server to create more meaningful URI path components than pretty much
> random ones. but his would not be as visible as using slug headers, which
> are part of the HTTP conversation and thus make this behavior accessible
> without having to make any assumptions about content.

we are making assumption about the content though, arn't we? 

It's RDF .. or a picture, mp3, etc.

The description in the RDF makes the system work, and therefore is part of the protocol in some way ... (?) 

Roger 

> 
> cheers,
> 
> dret.
> 
> 

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