Re: Is 303 really necessary?

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Ian Davis <me@iandavis.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Robin YANG <yang.square@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok, yes, we can use ontology or ex:isDescribedBy, but none of solution
>> explained what happens when you dereferencing the URI over HTTP which you
>> just used to refer to the non-information resources.
>> Don't u need 303 or hash URI again to differentiate when
>> dereferencing whatever subject URI we minted before ex:isDescribedBy.
>>
>
> When you dereference the URI you get back a representation with some
> data about the thing the URI denotes. I don't think you need any other
> URI unless you also want to assign a URI to the representation itself.
>

+1

In the case where you want, or already have, a URI assigned to the
representation; an appropriate Content-Location header in the response
is the best way forward.

Cheers,
Mike