- From: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 12:32:59 -0600 (MDT)
- To: uri@w3.org
Pat Hayes wrote: > OR, slightly better: > > ----- > > The word 'resource' is used as a general term, meaning anything that > can in principle be identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier; each > URI scheme defines the range of things that are identified by URIs > using that scheme. Commonly, URIs are used to identify Internet > accessible objects or services; for example, an electronic document, > an image, a service (e.g., "today's weather report for Los > Angeles"), a collection of other resources. However, URIs might be > used to denote entities which are not accessible via the Internet, > such as human beings, corporations, bound books in a library, and > even abstract concepts. Some URI schemes are naming schemes which > identify the things they denote, so that the scope of what counts as > a 'resource' is limited only by the availability of URI naming > schemes. Just a minor suggestion... I realize it's just an example, but since private TCP/IP based networks / intranets commonly employ URIs but are not always considered "the Internet", I would prefer to say "objects or services accessible via a network such as the Internet" rather than "Internet accessible objects or services", and would say "not accessible via a network" rather than "not accessible via the Internet". -Mike
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