Re: currentModel attribute for /Product

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Martin Hepp <
martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org> wrote:

> I think there is a misunderstanding here: While it is *desirable* that an
> HTTP URI returns a representation when tried with a HTTP GET method, the
> role as a unique identifier *does not break* if the inventor of the URI
> goes bankrupt and stops serving representations from that URI.
>

There's definitely a misunderstanding, but I'm not sure where it lies.

If the domain registrant gives up their registration, for whatever reason,
and the new domain owner starts minting new URIs in the same namespace,
what implications does that have for the URIs that are now invalid (not
because they don't resolve, but because they are no longer considered valid
by the namespace owner).

As Dan pointed out, it's a low probability event that needs to be dealt
with in an out of band fashion, but it does happen.

Tom

On Jul 28, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Dave Caroline wrote:
>
> > I can see a glaring hole in the URI as a unique identifier
> >
> > If large corp creates a product and defines the uri as
> > http:uri.largecorp.com/steamenginetype1
> >
> > Sells a million but goes bust a while later what of the id
> > we now have a dead link breaking the chain
>
> We only have a dead link for browsers, but the link is not dead for
> building a graph of statements.
>
> Best
> Martin
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