- From: Miles Sabin <miles@milessabin.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:14:39 +0100
- To: www-tag@w3.org
Michael Mealling wrote, > I think what you're missing with that statement is that different > aspects of the architecture occur at different 'layers'. Oh, no argument here. [snip: DNS example] Or here. > The 'actually-existing web' is very much a collection of abstract > nodes and processes _at that layer_. Its when that layer gets used > inside processes and system that humans use is when the issues of > semantics come into play. Don't try and flatten the layers into each > other. Layering is _useful_. But it's pretty clear that the TAGs purview and the ambitions of the various official and unoffical architecture documents go well beyond that layer. Otherwise why would we need _anything_ other than RFC 2396, 2616 et al? Cheers, Miles
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