Re: Describing the "nature" of a resource

Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol) scripsit:

> I think the assertions that tried out below are assertions about nature
> of some representations, rather than assertions about resources (except
> indirectly in cases where the resource has a single representation that
> is either invariant over time or the assertions are maintained in sync
> with changes).

Lots of perfectly sensible metadata is about representations rather than
resources: the creation date, for example, is typically the creation
date of the representation.

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