Re: responsibility in LDP, was Re: TWO PROPOSALs involving Prefer - volunteering for the army -> ldp:index PROPOSAL

On 3/1/14 10:21 PM, Sandro Hawke wrote:
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> Henry, you want to make the client responsible for the triples the 
> server adds to the container, and I think I'd agree that if the client 
> knows the triples are going to be added it bears some responsibility 
> for the consequences of them being added.  But what I think Kingsley 
> and I are saying is that on the open Web, this Working Group doesn't 
> have the power to compel clients to obtain that knowledge, and without 
> that knowledge they no longer bear the responsibility.   I don't 
> believe us saying in the spec that they are responsible will make it so. 

Yes!

Which boils down to SHOULD vs MUST re., spec language.

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