RE: Bitzi File Metadata RDF Dump

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Sean B. Palmer [mailto:sean@mysterylights.com]
> Sent: 26 September, 2001 20:56
> To: Stickler Patrick (NRC/Tampere); danbri@w3.org
> Cc: aswartz@upclink.com; gojomo@bitzi.com; www-rdf-interest@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Bitzi File Metadata RDF Dump
> 
> 
> > I'm certainly all for minimizing the overhead of deploying
> > sources of knowledge on the web, but using HTTP URLs
> > as URNs for abstract resources or location independent
> > identities creates far more problems [...]
> 
> I think that you misread Dan's suggestion. 

If I did, then I sincerly apologize.

> At what point did 
> Dan suggest
> using HTTP URIs as URNs? He merely gave the highly valid 
> suggestion that a
> property be created to disambiguate a type of (most likely 
> literal) value
> as a bitprint.

Uhhh, yeah. Right. Sorry. Oops. What's the emoticon
for humble grovelling ;-) 

> > Perhaps what is needed is the realization of the 'vnd.'
> > URN namespace subtree, or similar,
> 
> Try using informal URN namespace IDs, per section 4.0 III of RFC 2611.
> That's exactly what they are meant for.

Hmmm...  maybe. I'll have to look more closely at that.

> I think that accusing Dan of being an HTTP URL cowboy is 
> rather absurd, but
> at least it made me laugh :-) 

Well, I hope Dan laughed too ;-) ;-) ;-)

Crawling back into my hole...

Cheers,

Patrick

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Received on Wednesday, 26 September 2001 14:10:18 UTC