Re: Shared Information Space

David Orchard writes:

>> The Web uses URIs to identify the resources to be
>> shared, HTTP to transfer the representations of 
>> the resources, and a variety of formats and a variety
>> of formats - HTML, JPEG, GIF - as the representation 
>> itself.  The REST architectural style encapsulates 
>> this notion of a shared information space.

Overall, I like your proposal.  The reference to HTTP seems a bit strong 
to me.  Trivially, I think we would include https:.  More generally, I see 
the information space as including information available through a variety 
of schemes, including perhaps some schemes yet to be invented.  No 
disagreement that such schemes should (maybe must) implement a REST model 
to be viewed as part of the information space.   I wonder whether it would 
be  more appropriate to say something like;  '

The Web is designed to present users with the perception of a shared 
information space.  The Web uses URIs to identify the resources to be 
shared, REST-compatible protocols such as HTTP to transfer the 
representations of the resources, and a variety of formats - HTML, JPEG, 
GIF - as the representation itself.  The REST architectural style 
encapsulates this notion of a shared information space.

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