RE: HTTP inference rules [was: AWWSW minutes from today]

> From: Williams, Stuart (HP Labs, Bristol)
> [ . . . ]
> > From: Booth, David (HP Software - Boston)
> > [ . . . ]
> >  If so, then the URI is being declared differently at
> > different times, i.e., the same URI is used to denote
> > different things at different times, which is one form of URI
> > collision. (I.e., the same party is using the URI to denote
> > different things at different times, rather than different
> > parties using the URI to denote different things.) If that
> > isn't what you are talking about then please explain.
>
> I don't quite know how to square that with an earlier response
> which seemed to take a relaxed stance about can be
> 'in' a URI declaration.

It isn't exactly a relaxed stance, but a recognition that the architecture cannot prevent people from making poor quality URI declarations -- URI declarations that do not adequately distinguish the resource from other resources -- or conflicting URI declarations, either at one time or over time.


David Booth, Ph.D.
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Received on Tuesday, 12 February 2008 09:56:48 UTC