The following analogy, or rather an expansion of it, came to me during a related discussion on the RDF Core WG list regarding "what is a resource"... --- [snip] On 2002-01-23 12:45, "ext Graham Klyne" <Graham.Klyne@MIMEsweeper.com> wrote: > ... > roughly, a URI denotes a function that, when applied to some arguments, > returns some data entity... That's an interesting way to look at it, and in fact, a useful analogy for the difference between URL/URN/URP is that a URL is a function, a URN is a pointer to a function (possibly null) and a URP is a constant. Hmmm... --- [snip] Cheers, Patrick -- Patrick Stickler Phone: +358 50 483 9453 Senior Research Scientist Fax: +358 7180 35409 Nokia Research Center Email: patrick.stickler@nokia.com ------ End of Forwarded MessageReceived on Wednesday, 23 January 2002 09:02:40 GMT
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