- From: Dave Reynolds <dave.e.reynolds@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:25:23 +0000
- To: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
- CC: public-lod@w3.org
On 19/01/2011 3:55 AM, Alan Ruttenberg wrote: > The information on how to fully determine equivalence according to the > URI spec is distributed across a wide and growing number of different > specifications (because it is schema dependent) and could, in > principle, change over time. Because of the distributed nature of the > information it is not feasible to fully implement these rules. > Optionally implementing these rules (each implementor choosing where > on the ladder they want to be) would mean that documents written in > RDF (and derivative languages) would be interpreted differently by > different implementations, which is an unacceptable feature of > languages designed for unambiguous communication. The fact that the > set of rules is growing and possibly changing would lead to a similar > situation - documents that meant one thing at one time could mean > different things later, which is also unacceptable, for the same > reason. Well put, I meant to point out the implications of scheme-dependence and you've covered it very clearly. > David (Wood) clarifies (surprisingly to me as well) that the issue of > normalization could be addressed by the working group. I expect, > however, that any proposed change would quickly be determined to be > counter to the instructions given in the charter on Compatibility and > Deployment Expectation, and if not, would be rejected after justified > objections on this basis from reviewers outside the working group. +1 Dave
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