RE: httpRange-14 Options

Sorry, forgot to add ref [1] ...

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-esw-thes/2005May/0004.html

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-swbp-wg-request@w3.org
> [mailto:public-swbp-wg-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Miles, AJ 
> (Alistair)
> Sent: 16 June 2005 17:30
> To: David Wood; public-swbp-wg@w3.org
> Subject: RE: httpRange-14 Options
> 
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> 
> Hi David,
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> > Alistair I've recreated all these points over the past 6 months
> > ... I'm worried about the social process of getting everyone 
> > to adopt  
> > a new solution
> > ... each of the 3 philosophies feels consistent to me
> > ... 1. Tim's
> > ... 2. published subjects
> > ... 3. "you can identify anything with http: but if it's not an  
> > information resource you should do a redirect'
> > 
> > I read through the remainder of the discussion, but did not 
> see the  
> > addition of a fourth point.  Perhaps there were only 3?
> 
> These were the options I thought you were referring to (I 
> only remembered 3 also).
> 
> Point 2 should not be included here, because the practice of 
> using PSIs is completely orthogonal to httpRange-14.  It is 
> orthogonal because to identify something via a PSI is to 
> identify something *indirectly* via the URI of a *subject 
> indicator document*.  Therefore when you use PSIs you only 
> ever directly allocate URIs to 'information resources' (sensu 
> TimBL).  This means that option 2 should be subsumed under 
> option 1, because it is entirely consistent.  See also [1].
> 
> Also I'd like to see points 1 and 3 clearly and concisely 
> stated, for the record (before we all assume we're talking 
> about the same thing, and it turns out we aren't).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Al.
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> > [1]  http://www.w3.org/2005/03/03-swbp-minutes#item09
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> > Regards,
> > Dave
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