Patrick Stickler wrote: > While one cannot conclude that a given URI denotes a Representation because > it seems to always return the same octet stream, if any URI ever returns > different octet streams then one should be licensed to conclude that that > URI does *not* denote a Representation. *ever* is rather strong there, don't you think? eg. how would you model a hacked server that was compromised for a week, returning unusual content instead of its typical behaviour? Forever is a long time... The only way I can see around this is, if you want to preserve the claim, is by appeal to some notion of a legitimate or successful derferencing, ... but that has its own problems. Dan ps. I like the clock example. Simple but with nice complexity (eg. language negotiated content too).Received on Monday, 9 October 2006 14:40:28 GMT
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