- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@kiwi.ICS.UCI.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:36:55 -0800
- To: ccjason@us.ibm.com
- cc: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
>Roy, quick question. What do you mean by "a binding is a resource"? >That bindings and resources are one to one? If so, when we say that >two bindings point to the same "thing", what is the word you'd like to >use for "thing". A binding is an internal redirect from one resource to another. The binding is a resource, and what it points to is a resource, but they are not necessarily the same resource just because the bindings exist. The binding is simply a method for establishing a temporary shared mapping mechanism for two or more URI. The client does not identify the mapping mechanism; rather, it describes the relationship between the three resources (source, destination, and source collection) such that the server can figure out on its own how to align the mapping mechanism in a mechanism-dependent manner. ....Roy
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