RE: Question about the On Linking Alternative Representations TAG Finding

David Booth, Ph.D.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Ruttenberg [mailto:alanruttenberg@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:30 AM
> To: Booth, David (HP Software - Boston)
> Cc: Richard Cyganiak; T.V Raman; seb@serialseb.com;
> www-tag@w3.org; kidehen@openlinksw.com; tthibodeau@openlinksw.com
> Subject: Re: Question about the On Linking Alternative
> Representations TAG Finding
>
>
> On Aug 5, 2008, at 4:46 PM, Booth, David (HP Software - Boston) wrote:
>
>
>       Well, the HTTP spec sounds pretty clear about what
>     should happen, so it may be a violation of the HTTP spec to
>     return the wrong thing, but I don't view it as a violation of
>     the architecture.
>
>
> That's an interesting response, David. So the architecture is
> not reflected in the specifications? Are you saying the
> specifications are wrong, or that The Architecture is
> ineffable and cannot be captured by mere specifications.

Yes, there are architectural principles that are not captured by other specifications.  That's why the TAG wrote the AWWW document: