Re: URIs: resources and contradictions was: Re: httpRange proposed text from Jonathan Borden on 2002-08-03 (www-tag@w3.org from August 2002)

From: Jonathan Borden <jonathan@openhealth.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 19:47:50 -0400
To: "Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@microsoft.com>, "Miles Sabin" <miles@milessabin.com>, <www-tag@w3.org>
Message-ID: <018001c23b48$2dadbc80$0201a8c0@ne.mediaone.net>

Joshua Allen wrote:
> 
> ... In practice, people use
> URIs exactly the way that the axiom intended.  
> 
> When two people use the same http URL, they have a reasonable degree of
> confidence that they will be connecting to the same "thing", and they
> don't even have to dereference the site to have that confidence.
> 

Exactly.

Jonathan

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