- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:55:38 +0200
Smylers wrote: > ... > The other advantage of unique prefixes over URIs is the one you mention: > they are not dereferenceable. As has been mentioned on this list, that > means nobody (human or system) will attempt to reference them, either by > mistake or in the hope of finding something there. This avoids > confusing learners (who on seeing a URI like those you use in examples > may think that content it links to is relevant) and avoids unnecessary > server load. > ... That's a difference (IMHO not an advantage) compared to those URIs that are designed to be referencable. If you want non-dereferencable identifiers, just pick the right URI scheme. > ... > That suggests that giving users the freedom to use either URIs or any > other prefixes of their choice is superior to forcing them to use URIs, > surely? > ... Only if that other approach would still guarantee uniqueness, and I don't see how that work reliably. BR, Julian
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