- From: Patrick Stickler <patrick.stickler@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:58:58 +0200
- To: ext Graham Klyne <Graham.Klyne@MIMEsweeper.com>, Pat Hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- CC: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, RDF Core <w3c-rdfcore-wg@w3.org>
On 2002-01-23 12:45, "ext Graham Klyne" <Graham.Klyne@MIMEsweeper.com>
wrote:
> ...
> roughly, a URI denotes a function that, when applied to some arguments,
> returns some data entity...
That's an interesting way to look at it, and in fact, a
useful analogy for the difference between URL/URN/URP
is that a URL is a function, a URN is a pointer to a
function (possibly null) and a URP is a constant.
Hmmm...
> ... the classification of URIs debate should
> be kept separate from consideration of your question.
OK, then I'll shut up (at least on this list ;-)
Patrick
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