RE: Does follow-your-nose apply in the enterprise? was: RDF for molecules, using InChI

> > > and making URIs
> > > dereferenceable to useful metadata is certainly one
> > > convenient way to help do so.
> >
> > Really? The point of these examples is that there are a variety of
> > cases which for a variety of reasons it's not so convenient
> > (actually, either for the minter or the discoverer). So the
> > recommendation can say, "When its convenient and helpful, use http
> > uris, otherwise, don't" But that's not so great a recommendation.
> 
> Can you explain specific cases in which you see usefully
dereferenceable
> URIs as NOT being so convenient for the discoverer?

Sure, when the URI refers to a resource for which information about it
exists at multiple (URL/data store/web service) locations.

-=Michel=-

Received on Monday, 20 August 2007 17:01:07 UTC