- From: Larry Masinter <LMM@acm.org>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:22:18 -0700
- To: "'Sean B. Palmer'" <sean@mysterylights.com>, "'Joshua Allen'" <joshuaa@microsoft.com>
- Cc: <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
I'm on the document side. The "http" URL scheme is defined in the HTTP protocol document, it identifies the "resource" that the HTTP server is supporting. I know of no HTTP servers that connect to people, and few that connect to cars. If you use HTCPCP you can have a HTTP server that connects to a coffee pot, but even then, you only get a fairly limited view of the coffee pot's state. If you really want a URI for a person or a car, you have to make up a new kind of scheme. (I'm starting to take "tdb" more seriously, cf. http://larry.masinter.net/duri.html). Based on feedback from Brian McBride, I even fixed up the discussion of RDF and whether RDF needs it. I think the hash/slash controversy is based on some theory of "#" that is not based on its common use and not supported by the defining documents. Larry -- http://larry.masinter.net
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