Re: URIs, used in RDF, that do not have associated documentation

2012/3/28 Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@gmail.com>:

> We agree completely. An img/jpeg octet stream can be a used as a
> representation of the traffic cop, as well as the photo.
> Representations are reusable.

Right, I do think this is the key aspect here. It's easy to lose the
bits-on-othe-wire implications in all the philosophy. (Having said
that I'm going to have to re-read Pat's response a few times before
I'm entirely comfortable there :)

>> So I'd suggest a 200 would be legitimate for a description (in
>> addition to what we normally refer to as content), because
>> descriptions can be treated as representations.
>
> Sure, that was my initial way of thinking of the problem, but other
> people vehemently opposed that an img/jpeg octet stream could be a
> direct representation of a human. Switching to pure description-based
> semantics neutralizes this opposition. The end result is the same
> though.

Ah, ok.

Cheers,
Danny.

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Received on Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:24:50 UTC