- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@apache.org>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:19:41 +0200
- To: "Williams, Stuart" <skw@hp.com>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
Please do not confuse identification with identity. The fact is that any object, when placed in a referring function that results in an N-to-1 answer, becomes an identifier for that 1. That is what happens when Mark uses a mailto URI to identify himself -- he is using the context of the referral to make the indirect identification by way of a unique identifier that does have an N:1 relationship to him, even though it does not match him directly. Likewise for VINs, SSNs, etc. People do it all the time, on and off the web. How an identifier is created/minted and what it means when it is used are two entirely different things. ....Roy
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