- From: Jonathan A Rees <rees@mumble.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:32:37 -0400
- To: Michael Brunnbauer <brunni@netestate.de>
- Cc: public-lod community <public-lod@w3.org>
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Michael Brunnbauer <brunni@netestate.de> wrote: > > Hallo Jonathan > > [off list. If you think your answer will be helpful to others, put it back on > the list] > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 10:54:09AM -0400, Jonathan A Rees wrote: >> That is: an IR is something that has a representation. > [...] >> It would be nice in a way because it would make HR14a >> completely vacuous. This is what I call "opt in" because you wouldn't >> be able to assume that what you GET is content (Tim's word, my >> "instance"). > > Why would this definition make HR14 vacuous ? I would say that the rule > "from a statuscode 200, you can infer that you got a representation of what > the URI denotes" can be made with or without that definition. What I mean by vacuous is that RFC 2616 (certainly HTTPbis) already says - in my reading at least - that the retrieved representation is a representation of the resource identified by the URI (or at least that the server is *saying* so, i.e. it is nominally so, which is usually good enough). So this is something we already knew from the HTTP spec, which all of us pretty much agree to; neither the TAG nor anyone else would have to say that this is the case in any pronouncement resembling httpRange-14(a). Maybe "vacuous" was a poor choice of word. On the other hand the specs are all terribly murky, so maybe it would be good to repeat this somewhere. In any case "information resource" as used in HR14a is well connected to AWWW and I think redefining the term, no matter how bad the definition, would just confuse things. You could say "HTTP resource" or something for resources that have representations (what would be an example of one that doesn't?). My opinion. Best Jonathan > Regards, > > Michael Brunnbauer > > -- > ++ Michael Brunnbauer > ++ netEstate GmbH > ++ Geisenhausener Straße 11a > ++ 81379 München > ++ Tel +49 89 32 19 77 80 > ++ Fax +49 89 32 19 77 89 > ++ E-Mail brunni@netestate.de > ++ http://www.netestate.de/ > ++ > ++ Sitz: München, HRB Nr.142452 (Handelsregister B München) > ++ USt-IdNr. DE221033342 > ++ Geschäftsführer: Michael Brunnbauer, Franz Brunnbauer > ++ Prokurist: Dipl. Kfm. (Univ.) Markus Hendel
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