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Re: Defining the Web

From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
Date: 22 Mar 2002 09:53:45 -0500
To: www-tag@w3.org
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On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 21:42, Mark Baker wrote:
> How about replacing that first paragraph with;
> 
>   The World Wide Web ("Web") is a networked information space which
>   encompasses all things with identity ("resources").  Resources are
>   made accessible, and potentially manipulable, via a generic interface
>   whose application semantics are applicable to all resources.

Identity and resources are still rather wide open categories, but
generic interface qualifies as a constraint.

Looks like an improvement to me.

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Simon St.Laurent
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