- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:53:33 -0400
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>, public-webarch-comments@w3.org
DanC and the TAG Le 20 oct. 2004, à 09:37, Dan Connolly a écrit : > On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 12:55, Karl Dubost wrote: > > After consideration of your comment, we added some text to clarify: > > "To achieve this goal, the Web makes use of a single global > identification system: the URI. URIs are a cornerstone of Web > architecture, providing identification that is common across the Web." > > -- section 2. Identification > Editor's Draft 19 October 2004 > http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2004/webarch-20041019/#identification Good :) >> It's good to have agreement on identification, it's also fondamental >> for languages which define application on the Web. > > Well, it's actually not fundamental for languages (nor protocols) > the way it is for URIs. While consensus on lots of languages is > valuable the Web architecture allows for a spectrum of data formats, > from ubiquitously deployed formats like HTML to propritary > spreadsheet formats to single-afternoon hacks. And it allows for > a similar variety of protocols. But to choose an identification > system other than URIs is to choose out of Web architecture > altogether. > > Thanks for your detailed review. I hope you find this response > satisfactory, or at least acceptable. Please let us know > whether you do or not. yes agreed and thank you very much for your answer.
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