RE: Semantic content negotiation (was Re: expectations of vocabulary)

--Richard,

> (a) most URIs are not dereferenceable, because common rules 
> for dereferencing them do not exist, or they are designed not to be;

What do you mean "common rules" for derefernecing?  What is the rule to
dereference an HTTP URI, like http://www.w3.org?  Can you de-reference it?

> (b) most HTTP URIs do not dereference to a useful RDF representation;

So what?

> (c) using fragment identifiers gives you a slightly better 
> chance of dereferencing to a useful representation, because 
> of HTTP's mechanics.

How so? How will http://foo.com/#abc give me a better chance to dereference
than http://foo.com/abc?  Where did you get this idea? 

> Reliance on the dereferenceability of a term, even an HTTP 
> URI, is foolhardy.

You haven't truly comprehend the essense of semantic web yet.  Read this
info: http://esw.w3.org/topic/FollowLinksForMoreInformation

Xiaoshu 

Received on Sunday, 30 July 2006 18:22:24 UTC