- From: Dan Brickley <Daniel.Brickley@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 22:15:47 +0100 (BST)
- To: RDF SIG <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
On Thu, 4 May 2000, Seth Russell wrote: > Is it just me, or is the term 'anomious resource' a misnomer? Isn't > this thing a subjective reference like an indexical or a local > variable that has meaning locally (subjectively) but not globally > (objectively)? If this interpretation is correct, then how did we > get stuck with the term 'anonymous'? > > Seth Russell That (or a v similarly motivated point) was what I've been arguing. I believe the phrase has it's origins in the original deliberations of the RDF Model and Syntax WG, though haven't checked (nor checked with it appears in the final version of the M&S spec). The namelessness is to do with a particular data structure about some resource, not an intrinsic property of the resource itself. Unified-theory-of-everything enthusiasts might try tracking the WebDAV discussion on this theme, who seem to be grappling with similar problems. See threads on 'Qualities of URLs', eg. todays: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-dist-auth/2000AprJun/0041.html Dan
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