- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@apache.org>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:21:32 -0700
- To: "Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "Tim Bray" <tbray@textuality.com>, "www-tag" <www-tag@w3.org>
On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 03:47 PM, Joshua Allen wrote: >> "for all http URI x, x identifies document" >> is false if there exists one http URI for which it is false. Well, > > I hope TAG recognizes that this is a specious strawman argument which > Roy set up so that he could declare: > >> Therefore, the assertion is false and this discussion is over. If the > > Too bad nobody made that assertion. I will repeat verbatim: > > "2. Everyone also agrees that "http: URIs" should be strongly preferred > for identifying resources, IF those resources are most naturally dealt > with through transfers of representational state. (In other words, if > you envision interacting with the resource primarily through a web > browser UI and synchronous request+response pairs, use the http: > scheme)" That's not the assertion that TimBL gave me, nor is it the assertion that was being discussed on the RDF list. It is your summary of a range of views. >> It merely proves that the arguments made about the range of http being >> limited are simply false and do not deserve any more of our time. > > You seem to be agreeing, though that it certainly does NOT prove that > http is UNLIMITED. Everyone agrees that http: identifiers *could* be > used for everything. It's the *should* part that people are arguing > about. Then the argument is a waste of time anyway, since it doesn't prevent RDF from having to deal with those resources that are not documents. >> This is not, in any way, a suggestion that all resources should be in >> the http scheme space. > > I am glad you agree. I believe that my earlier points 1 and 2 are the > most sensible guidance we can give people about when they should choose > to use http identifiers. I don't. I believe that people should use whatever identifier that THEY think is most useful. ....Roy
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