Re: "On the Web" vs "On the Semantic Web" (was Re: resources and URIs)

----- Original Message -----
From: "ext pat hayes" <phayes@ihmc.us>
To: "Patrick Stickler" <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
Cc: <www-tag@w3.org>
Sent: 21 July, 2003 20:45
Subject: Re: "On the Web" vs "On the Semantic Web" (was Re: resources and
URIs)


> >  > ... I was thinking along the lines that a representation
> >>  is linked to all representations accessible via references to
> >>  representations by their URIs.
> >
> >Err... I meant "via references to *resources* by their URIs"...
>
> Oh, what a pity. I was actually starting to agree with you, and then
> you go and spoil it.

Well, the link from one representation to another is implicit,
as the URI denotes the resource, and must be dereferenced to
determine the actual representation(s) linked to.

Patrick