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Re: Defining the Web

From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:35:03 -0800
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To: www-tag@w3.org 
At 09:42 PM 21/03/02 -0500, Mark Baker wrote:
>How about replacing that first paragraph with;
>
>  The World Wide Web ("Web") is a networked information space which
>  encompasses all things with identity ("resources").  Resources are
>  made accessible, and potentially manipulable, via a generic interface
>  whose application semantics are applicable to all resources.

This flows nicely, but I agree that if it doesn't have a URI
it's neither on nor of the web; so if that doesn't go in
the intro it needs to be asserted pretty damn quick. -Tim
Received on Monday, 25 March 2002 19:35:57 GMT

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