Re: representing hypermedia controls in RDF

<snip>I still believe that one can talk about REST concepts accurately and
fluently without the word "Affordance" .</snip>

and who said it could not? why are you saying this kind of stuff here?

if you don't want to use this word, don't. are you trying to tell me i
cannot use it?



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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote:

> On 11/25/13 5:03 PM, Ruben Verborgh wrote:
>
>> Hi Kingsley
>>
>>  Note, "Affordance" doesn't show up in any of the standard dictionaries I
>>> have access to. That said, it does have a Wiktionary entry [1], but that
>>> particular definition doesn't actually make a case for it being immutable
>>> or devoid of an alternative :-)
>>>
>> Norman's "The Design of Everyday Things" describes the word nicely.
>>
>> In case it is of any help, my understanding of the word "affordance" is
>> based on the verb:
>> - a URL enables addressing a resource => the URL is an enabler;
>> - the link affords going to the resource => the link is an affordance.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ruben
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Which can also read as follows, without any loss of meaning:
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> - a URL enables resource naming => a URL is an identifier since it enables
> resource denotation (naming);
> - the link facilitates resource retrieval => the link is a *facilitator* .
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> I still believe that one can talk about REST concepts accurately and
> fluently without the word "Affordance" .
>
> [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facilitator .
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