- From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Date: 12 Apr 2002 11:42:52 -0400
- To: www-tag@w3.org
On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 11:30, Mark Baker wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 08:48:51AM -0400, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > > A GET is a rather direct mechanism for retrieving a representation, and > > while it works for HTTP, I'm not sure it _should_ work for every other > > flavor of URI. > > HTTP isn't necessarily "direct". I can ask any HTTP node (server or > intermediary) to resolve any URI on my behalf. This is how caches, > firewalls, gateways, and other intermediaries work. > > Perhaps we can take this to www-archive (reply-to set). I don't object to taking the general discussion to www-archive, but I think it's painfully clear that the TAG needs to describe how URIs work, not just claim that they do, as part of developing a plausible architecture. [rest taken to www-archive, though www-talk may be a better home.] -- Simon St.Laurent Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets Errors, errors, all fall down! http://simonstl.com
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