RE: I-D ACTION:draft-daigle-uri-std-00.txt

>> Do you really?  What resource exactly does the URI
>> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml identify?
>
>The one identified by that URI. It's not clear to me
>that you need to know more about this resource other
>than that it can be identified by that URI.
>
>If you do, can you explain why?


A lot of people would assume that you must have a resource in order to
propose an identifier to identify it. It's fairly common-sense way to think
about it: you create an identifier _for_ a resource. But URIs seem to allow
a resource to come into being by creating an URI identifier: you create a
resource _for_ an identifier. 

So, if I type this:

http://www.dehora.org/199999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999/1/

have I automagically created a resource by virtue of the fact that I've
created an identifier? 

-Bill de hÓra