Re: #rdfms-difference-between-ID-and-about

Ok, Aaron, you hit the nail on the head.

RDF absolutely has to make sense even outside the context of
an enclosing document which can be given a uri. so ...

guha

Aaron Swartz wrote:

> On Thursday, June 14, 2001, at 06:03  PM, Sergey Melnik wrote:
>
> > To clarify, the parsers will need to explicitly flag each generated
> > resource as originating from an absolute or relative URL. Do we want to
> > introduce these extra "flags" as a part of the model?
>
> I still don't understand. Why do parsers "generate" resources?
> How do resources "originate" form URLs?
>
> It is my understanding that only absolute URIs identify
> resources. Relative URIs are simply abbreviations for absolute
> URIs which must be resolved through use of a base URI. An RDF
> document without a base URI is meaningless -- have you ever
> opened up an HTML page in your browser without a URL?
>
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> [ "Aaron Swartz" ; <mailto:me@aaronsw.com> ; <http://www.aaronsw.com/> ]

Received on Friday, 15 June 2001 02:53:26 UTC