- From: Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:29:28 -0400
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 13:00 -0400, Jonathan Rees wrote: >> This message is pursuant to ACTION-312 which I took on at the F2F. >> >> Roughly speaking, the question is: Does the canon say that the Web is >> the authority for http: URI "dereference" (GET), or does it leave open the >> possibility of conforming agents using mechanisms that give answers >> at variance with what the Web would give? > > [...] >> Summary: > [...] >> . General advice (AWWW, IAB TC) is that if you "split the web" by making URIs >> non-global you are doing something really tragic. A change >> in the rules for dereference would theoretically be OK, as long as everyone >> made the change in step (ha!). > > Exactly. That seems like a "yes" answer to the question above, > inasmuch as an authority is something that helps you avoid something > really tragic. > > I don't see any contradiction with my reading of webarch; > maybe the description of the action should change or something? > > "Find a path thru the specs that I think contradicts Dan's reading of > webarch" > -- http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/group/track/users/38732 I will not be able to complete this action, because you were right and I was wrong. So I think the action does need to be changed or dismissed. Jonathan
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