RE: fragment identifiers from Joshua Allen on 2002-07-26 (www-tag@w3.org from July 2002)

From: Joshua Allen <joshuaa@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:48:00 -0700
To: "Mark Baker" <distobj@acm.org>, <www-tag@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4F4182C71C1FDD4BA0937A7EB7B8B4C105DCDCD4@red-msg-08.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>

> RDF, we are *very* concerned about the pervasive use of fragment
> identifiers in RDF.  Our intermediaries don't see the fragment id, and
> therefore cannot take action based upon the resource being accessed.

Can you please elaborate on how you believe RDF to be related to
*accessing* a resource?

The *web* is about accessing resources.  The *semantic* web is about
*describing* resources, even those which cannot be accessed.  Describing
does not and should not require accessing.

If you are making RDF depend on GET at all, I perceive a serious
misunderstanding.

Received on Friday, 26 July 2002 12:48:33 UTC