Re: "Hash URIs" and content negotiation

On Nov 7, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Xiaoshu Wang wrote:

> -Alan,
>
>> Personally, I can't tell why content negotiation is a good
>> idea in any context. To my mind it's hiding interesting
>> information in the innards of a network protocol instead
>> having it explicitly available, in say, OWL or RDF.
>>
>> If you think I'm way wrong, please do flame me. I'd like to
>> be able to see that it *is* a good idea, if that's possible.
>
> I won't make comment on if it is a good idea or not, but content  
> negotiation
> is a necessary mechanism. Accept is in the same spirit of Accept  
> Language,
> right? Do you think Accept Language is a good or a bad idea?

Don't know. Personally I prefer when a list of available languages is  
listed on the web page and I click where I want to go. This seems to  
be the current practice.

-Alan