- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:52:56 -0400
- To: public-lod@w3.org
- Message-ID: <4F7879D8.9050708@openlinksw.com>
On 4/1/12 11:42 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 4/1/12 4:35 AM, Michael Brunnbauer wrote: >> hi all >> >> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 05:53:03PM +0200, Michael Brunnbauer wrote: >>> maybe I made an error by assuming that the term IR is inherent in >>> the term >>> representation - by assuming that a NIR cannot have a >>> representation, only >>> descriptions ? >> No. The whole point about the use of the term IR in HR14 seems to be >> to say: >> >> Everything that has a representation has a representation that >> conveys it's >> essential characteristics. >> >> Is this important ? If yes, should we write it this way ? >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael Brunnbauer >> > > Aren't we somehow losing the fundamental fact that all resources on > the Web are supposed to be bear self-describing content, constrained > by mime type. That when all is said and done, irrespective of mime > type, all Web resources are Information Resources. > > The above gels nicely with the fact that all content bears > representation of something the provides information to appropriate > systems, courtesy of the mime type component of this content+mime-type > composite. > > The content of a basic HTML web page, an RDF document, OWL and RDFs > documents all bear content that deliver information. Of course, within > specific system realms such as RDF, Linked Data, and the Semantic Web, > the content represents a more specific kind of information in the form > of descriptions and definitions -- at least, in the eyes of systems > (clients and servers) for said realms. > > In the post above, I forgot to add this link for reference: http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/selfDescribingDocuments.html . -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder& CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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