- From: Bijan Parsia <bparsia@isr.umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 23:56:18 +0100
- To: public-webarch-comments@w3.org
"""Note: The Web Architecture does not require a formal definition of the commonly used phrase "on the Web." Informally, a resource is "on the Web" when it has a URI and an agent can use the URI to retrieve a representation of it using network protocols (given appropriate access privileges, network connectivity, etc.).""" Given that Web Arch doesn't require it, I would recommend not including even an informal definition. Especially as it seems wrong, e.g., such that tel:+1-816-555-1212 and any URN identified resources aren't on the web (though they are possible subjects and objects (and I guess predicates; URNs certainly) of RDF assertions). Is there a relation between being "on the Web" and being, er, part of the "information space" that is the web? So, I think this note is strike worthy. Cheers, Bijan Parsia.
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