Re: ISSUE-57: The use of HTTP Redirection

Xiaoshu Wang wrote:
> I think a less intrusive way is to give the RDF mimetype representation 
> (application/rdf+xml, text/rdf+n3,...) a unique status.  Because RDF 
> document always talk about something-else. 
>  
> So, GET (rdf) http://example.com/

Sorry, but this seems like a very poor solution to me.  It
complicates the meaning of GET (to add the possibility of
returning metadata instead of a representation of the
resource).  It seems to be quite reasonable to ask for
metadata about an RDF document; for example, you might want
provenance or validity period information.

Also, there could be horrible interactions with content
negotiation.  Some content types (e.g., application/xhtml+xml
with suitable GRDDL markup) could be considered "RDF
mimetypes" and hence be quite sensible responses to a request
for metadata yet also be used for likely representations of
the resource itself.

Ed Davies.