RE: [httpRange-14] What do HTTP URIs Identify?

You can communicate with me because you have a human 
memory.  Ever ask how you are creating and maintaining
that?  I don't suggest we debate this here.  Offline 
is fine.

I think Jonathan is right here.  We can't use the human 
mind as an exemplar of the web.  That is the flaw in 
Fielding's "URIs are the words of the web" approach. 
It is a good metaphor, but it is no more than metaphor.
First, I don't see how one can do the tricks with 
just URIs that the human brain can do with a double 
articulation, and second, I don't think it is a reasonable 
approach to the architecture because the human mind 
may be operating quite differently in the way it creates, 
maintains, and uses memory.

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/see/SEED/Vol1-2/Vitiello.htm

That is a challenging article to read, but it makes some 
interesting assertions about the nature of mind, memory 
and consciousness as the establishment of meaning in an 
open system through interaction of self with environment. 
I don't recommend it as TAG reading for anyone with more 
pressing matters, but I do recommend it for anyone who 
contends that the web is a kind of living mind, a reflection 
of mind, or of society.  

len

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Borden [mailto:jonathan@openhealth.org]

You don't need any theories to communicate precisely because your brain is
hardwired to deal with human language. If you were endevouring to teach a
machine how to understand language, you'd quickly learn to appreciate such
theories :-)

Received on Friday, 9 August 2002 10:46:36 UTC