- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:33:10 -0400
- To: Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com
- Cc: phayes@ai.uwf.edu, gk@ninebynine.org, uri@w3.org
Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com scripsit:
> A representation of a thing is also a thing. And a thing and
> its representation must both have distinct URIs if we are to talk
> about both of them unambiguously.
>
> One should not expect a given URI to denote both a thing and a
> representation of that thing,
This is where Topic Maps shine. They have two different contexts for
using a URI: the "resource reference" context, where a URI refers to an
electronically accessible object; and the "subject indicator reference"
context, where a URI refers to something suggested by the electronically
accessible object.
--
I suggest you call for help, John Cowan
or learn the difficult art of mud-breathing. jcowan@reutershealth.com
--Great-Souled Sam http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.
--Arthur C. Clarke, "The Nine Billion Names of God"
John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Received on Monday, 28 April 2003 10:31:57 UTC