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

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All the best, Ashok


Jonathan Rees wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 9:07 PM, ashok
> malhotra<ashok.malhotra@oracle.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Eran:
>> Trying to understand your proposal.
>> By 'abstract' do you mean URIs for which a representation cannot be
>> retrieved?
>> So, perhaps, a chair?
>> My assumption was that for such resources you want to retrieve the metadata.
>>     
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> Quibble: In the case of a chair, you can't get metadata, since a chair
> isn't data.
> http://www.google.com/search?q=define:metadata
>   
[AM]  Picky, picky :-)
> This is why it's nice that Eran calls the description resource a
> "description resource" instead of a "metadata resource". LRDD is a
> compatible alternative to linked-data 303 nose-following, one that
> (like 303, as David Booth has pointed out) behaves uniformly without
> caring whether the resource is "data"-like or not - it means you don't
> have to ask or answer that question. I advocate using his terminology.
>   
[AM] Yes, description resource is better,
> Perhaps an alternative to a new URI scheme for hosts would be loop
> detection inside of LRDD? I think that's close to what you're saying.
>   
[AM] I wrote the note mainly to make sure I understood Eran's usecase,
Your suggestion has merit.  Let's see what he says.
> -Jonathan
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