Re: Globalizing URIs

> Yes, this is a good statement.  I'd say there are two goals:

> a) allow people to make persistent references to documents when this
>    is appropriate

> b) for documents that aren't expected to be persistent, don't convey
>    a false impression that they are.

> That is, a user ought to be able to know whether a link is likely to
> break before he puts it in his hotlist.

I keep on wanting for there to be something the user can do when
putting a link in his hotlist to _make_ the reference persistent.

Received on Thursday, 17 August 1995 13:55:25 UTC