Re: What if an URI also is a URL

Richard Cyganiak wrote:
> Imagine a world where everything -- absolutely everything -- has one or 
> more unique barcode printed on it. Including passports and people. And 
> everyone has a free barcode printer. Tim has simply asserted that the 
> barcode on your forehead should be different from the barcode on your 
> passport. This does in no way preclude you from using your passport to 
> authenticate yourself.

Now imagine I scan the barcode on my forehead with a barcode reader.

Does the device refuse to tell me anything about myself because I'm a 
physical real-world resource and it needs to be redirected to scanning 
some document about me instead?

Surely it just displays a bunch of facts about me that are pertinent to 
my reason for using this system.