- From: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:18:27 -0400
- To: public-webarch-comments@w3.org
- Cc: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
Received on Friday, 15 October 2004 19:18:47 UTC
(Splitting the thread) * KD 005 2.5 URI ownership """One consequence of this approach is the Web's heavy reliance on the central DNS registry.""" That's short for something which is one of the major issue of the Web. The whole Web relies on something which is dependent on a rented property notion. - You own a domain name only for a portion of time - You don't own a domain name for ever. - A domain name has a cost which makes it inaccessible for many persons in the world. ====> Consequences: URIs are not free!!!! and so not all people can use them and guarantee the ownership. In fact, there's no such thing as URI ownership, but more "URI renting" or "URI tenant" for URIs based on domain names. Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> | Man is the only animal who causes pain http://nwalsh.com/ | to others with no other object than | wanting to do so.-- Schopenhauer
Received on Friday, 15 October 2004 19:18:47 UTC