Re: #rdfms-difference-between-ID-and-about (every document is in the Web)

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Aaron Swartz wrote:

> No you don't. You can't show me anything that doesn't have a URI.

I take issue with this. _I_ don't have a URI. In fact, the attempt to
assign one to me (in the UK at least) may actually be illegal*.

And this is without getting particularly metaphysical. Of course, the
lucky joe who happened to own the domain that the one true URI (URL?)
for God occupies is probably in a priviledged position.

jan

* there's a limit to the lifetime of electronic identifiers for people;
and there is also a requirement that an electronic identifier for a
particular application should be licensed for the purposes of general
identification in a public application.

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