RE: Bitzi File Metadata RDF Dump

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Graham Klyne [mailto:GK@ninebynine.org]
> Sent: 26 September, 2001 21:43
> To: Stickler Patrick (NRC/Tampere)
> Cc: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Bitzi File Metadata RDF Dump
> 
> 
> At 07:37 PM 9/26/01 +0300, Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com wrote:
> >While URLs and URNs no longer are considered to represent disjunct
> >partitions of URI space, they still (to my understanding) 
> are considered
> >to be valid and necessary concepts distinguishing between resources
> >which are expected to have some "physical" online realization and
> >those which are trully abstract.
> >
> >For those who haven't seen it yet, cf
> >http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-uri-clarification-20010921/.
> 
> Er, the disjointness of URLs and URNs is one of the few definite 
> distinctions that is asserted by that document:

I was referring to it being a formal distinction. Not a useful
or necessary distinction (of which it is both).

I.e.
 
> [[[
> The phrase "URL scheme" is now
> used infrequently, usually to refer to some subclass of URI schemes
> which exclude URNs.
> ]]] -- (Last sentence of section 1.2)
> 
> ...
> 
> [[[
> ... the term "URL" does
> not refer to a formal partition of URI space; rather, URL is a
> useful but informal concept...
> ]]] -- (section 1.2)

I don't think we are in any disagreement here. Probably just
bad wording on my part.

Cheers,

Patrick

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Received on Thursday, 27 September 2001 08:23:39 UTC