- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:06:30 -0800
- To: Jonathan Borden <jborden@mediaone.net>
- Cc: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, www-rdf-interest@w3.org
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:45:16PM -0500, Jonathan Borden wrote: > Err, that would be part of the "dereferencing" process and obviously is > allowed under Tim's axiom. I don't think a Web server can be said to dereference URIs that it serves. > The problem is that I have also read and listened to the arguments > _for_ keeping URIs opaque, and so unless the axioms governing or > describing the intended behavior of the "RDF system" are written > down and taken as a whole, I have a great deal of trouble > understanding the greater implications for the system. http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Axioms.html lists 'axioms' regarding the Web in general, not the Semantic Web. Note the caveat in the Status: Words such as "axiom" and "theorem" are used with gay abandon and the reverse of rigour here.. -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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