- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:01:32 -0400
- To: uri@w3c.org
At 05:35 PM 2003-04-23, pat hayes wrote: >[ PS. Here is my suggestion for an alternative introductory text. It >probably needs wordsmithing. > >"This document specifies the syntax of URIs, which are a form of global >identifier used in Web protocols and languages. Particular uses of URIs, >and their intended meanings in various contexts, are described in other >specifications. In general, the entities referred to or identified by URIs >when used in Web contexts are called "resources"., but this document does >not specify the nature of resources or to restrict resources to any >particular category of entities." > >and leave it at that. Nothing else at all about resources, no examples, >no discussion. This is good. Can anyone show a dependency of the [software] engineering specification of URI[s] on a definition of 'resource' or 'Resource'? Failing that, we should not say anything that smells like a definition, because a restrictive clause suggests a requisite and substantive restriction. Al
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