- From: Michael Mealling <michael@neonym.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:24:29 -0400
- To: Joshua Allen <joshuaa@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@ingr.com>, Jonathan Borden <jonathan@openhealth.org>, Bill de hOra <dehora@eircom.net>, Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, www-tag@w3.org
On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 02:16:52PM -0700, Joshua Allen wrote: > > If as Fielding says, URIs are the words of the web, then > > we should understand that as the linguists say, words > > have no meaning. > > URIs *are* the words of the web. > > However, I would recommend TAG avoid endorsing any particular point of > view regarding semiotics as well. The relevance is debatable, and the > particular point of view you express is still controversial. I'd be much happier with "URIs *are* the letters of the web". We can write stuff all day long. Now we just have to figure out how to string those letters together and agree on what those arrangements mean. Do letters by themselves have much meaning? No. Its the words that are important. But you can't spell a word without a letter... -MM -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Mealling | Vote Libertarian! | urn:pin:1 michael@neonym.net | | http://www.neonym.net
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