- From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) <clbullar@ingr.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:59:05 -0500
- To: "'Tim Berners-Lee'" <timbl@w3.org>, Dare Obasanjo <dareo@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "Ian B. Jacobs" <ij@w3.org>, Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>, www-tag@w3.org
On the other hand, you remove the ability to name something with a common syntax when that resource should not be dereferenceable, yes? It is possible that there are resources too important to be on the web. len -----Original Message----- From: Tim Berners-Lee [mailto:timbl@w3.org] Yes. URNs are not dereferencable and therefore should not be used for namespace names. It deprives someone who does not know the name of the ability to look it up and get useful information about it. It especially deprives a machine of that possibility. Tim BL
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