- From: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:40:42 -0500
- To: "DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO)" <bob.ducharme@lexisnexis.com>
- Cc: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
> This feels like a beginner question, but after a few searches I can't find
> any discussion of the issue. Let's say I have a namespace identified by the
> URI http://www.example.com/pathname. To identify the name foo from that
> namespace, what are the pros and cons of identifying it with a URI of
> http://www.example.com/pathname/foo as opposed to
> http://www.example.com/pathname#foo? The pound sign seems to more clearly
> indicate "the following is a name from the namespace named up to this
> point," but I see that most references to Dublin Core names (e.g.
> http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator) use the slash.
>
> Perhaps the question is better framed without reference to syntax: is it
> better for a name from a namespace to have it's own complete URI or for it
> to be referenced using a fragment identifier appended to the URI for its
> namespace?
See http://esw.w3.org/topic/HashVsSlash
I wrote the text there and nearby, it's open to contributions from
everyone.
-- sandro
Received on Monday, 16 February 2004 10:37:44 UTC