- From: Aaron Swartz <me@aaronsw.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 16:25:20 -0500
- To: "Williams, Stuart" <skw@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Cc: "'www-tag@w3.org'" <www-tag@w3.org>
On Sunday, July 21, 2002, at 04:18 PM, Williams, Stuart wrote: > <principle> > ContextIndependentURI: > A URI SHOULD denote the same resource or concept independent of the > context(s) in which the URI is used. i.e. when used on different > occasions > or by different users or in different locations, a given URI SHOULD > denote > the same resource or concept. > </principle> Looks good. You might want to emphasize the "resource or concept" bit somewhere. I know some people who are thrown off by this and think that persistence and context-independence means it must always resolve to the same kind of bit package. For example, a contextIndependentURI could resolve to a set of nutrition facts and buying information in the context of the supermarket but to cooking instructions in the context of the home even though this seems a bit contradictory at first. -- Aaron Swartz [http://www.aaronsw.com] 4FAC4838B7D8D13FA6D92EDB4145521E79F0DF4B I will be in San Diego for the O'Reilly Open Source Convention the 24-26 July.
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