RE: httpRange-14: Consequences of redirection

Fortunately, :-),  http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource should never make it to the request line of an HTTP request and will have no associated response code. Though of course http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema might.

Regards

Stuart
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xiaoshu Wang [mailto:wangxiao@musc.edu]
> Sent: 29 November 2007 16:27
> To: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol)
> Cc: Tore Eriksson; www-tag@w3.org; sean@miscoranda.com;
> richard@cyganiak.de
> Subject: Re: httpRange-14: Consequences of redirection
>
> I don't think which HTTP response pattern/code is the core
> issue.  The core issue is if we should be allowed to use any
> HTTP code to judge the nature of a resource.
>
> The fundemental assumption of RDF is that everything is an
> instance of rdfs:Resource.  If somehow, this fundamental
> belief can be challenged, such as by checking if
> "rdfs:Resource" returns a particular HTTP code, then the
> entire RDF system itself is already put on a shaky ground.
>
> If we want to judge this sort of thing, it must be outside of
> RDF but not within.  The irony, however, is this - if we
> don't care to and cannot judge if someone does it right or
> wrong, then why bother?
>
> Xiaoshu
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