Re: URI for abstract concepts (domain, host, origin, site, etc.)

Eran Hammer-Lahav wrote:
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>> From: Xiaoshu Wang [mailto:wangxiao@musc.edu]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:24 PM
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>> What we need is a special syntax to mean that a URI denotes for itself.
>> Just like in natural language, that we use quotation mark to
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>> between the word "New York City" and New York City.  Once we have that,
>> then we are free to define any ontology to describe the composition of
>> a URI, just like anything else.
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> Without passing judgment on your proposal, it is clearly not something that can be accomplished within a short time frame. I have a very specific need to indicate a document describes "a host" which is a combination of domain, port, and potentially protocol. I just need to say it formatted as a URI. 
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>> Proposing anything else is simply an over-kill, let alone another URN.
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> If anything, it is your proposal that is an over-kill.
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> EHL
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Xiaoshu