- From: John Franks <john@math.nwu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:36:39 -0500 (CDT)
- To: jg@w3.org
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
On Mon, 29 Apr 1996 jg@w3.org wrote: > > entity tag > ---------- > > An identifier for an entity. An identifier for a particular entity is > called a "strong entity tag." An identifier for an equivalent set of > entities is called a "weak entity tag." > Would you consider following substitute. It is much more detailed, but this was a contentious issue. While the name and precise wording is not so important I think it is a good idea to have this level of specificity: entity tag ---------- A string associated with an entity and used to distinguish it from other entities which have the same URI. The class of entities being distinguished may include entities which only existed in the past or which will exist in the future, but they all have, have had, or will have, the same URI. A "strong entity tag" is an entity tag which can only be shared by two entities if they are equivalent by octet equality. A"weak entity tag" is an entity tag which can be shared by two entities if they are semantically equivalent. An entity tag is not intended to distinguish entities with different URI's as they are distinguished by their respective URI's. John Franks Dept of Math. Northwestern University john@math.nwu.edu
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