- From: Mark Birbeck <mark.birbeck@x-port.net>
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 15:06:26 +0100
- To: <public-swbp-wg@w3.org>
Hi David, > Just to avoid confusion, DanC and I are addressing a little > different issue. DanC and Pat and I are discussing: > > What is an "information resource"? > > Whereas you are talking about the issue: > > Is is okay to use the same URI both as the name of > a resource and as the name of a Web page that describes > that resource? Example: Is it okay for Mark Baker to > use http://markbaker.ca/ as a name for himself *and* > for his blog Web page? Exactly! And I am saying that they are inseparable. That's why I ended my post with: I feel this is important because in my opinion, none of the recent discussion has got to the root of the issue, and without this, talk of trying to 'clarify' what 'information resource' means leads to a lot of confusion. Issues like whether the *content* of the resource change over time, etc., are as far as I can see, irrelevant to the issue. In other words, I'm saying that the very fact that discussions abound as to whether the URI <http://markbaker.ca> can represent both a person *and* a web-page, show that people are misunderstanding the notion of 'information resource'. Or to put it another way...it doesn't matter which of the two issues you answer, yours or mine, answering one will answer the other. In passing, I have to say that anyone who is trying to follow all of this and is confused by the issues...I don't blame you! I don't think it has been explained very well, and as is often the case with subtle things like this, people seem to keep repeating the *conclusions*, without reminding the rest of us how they were arrived at. Regards, Mark Mark Birbeck CEO x-port.net Ltd. e: Mark.Birbeck@x-port.net t: +44 (0) 20 7689 9232 b: http://internet-apps.blogspot.com/ w: http://www.formsPlayer.com/ Download our XForms processor from http://www.formsPlayer.com/
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