- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 21:15:32 -0500
- To: www-tag@w3.org
Greetings, Section 2.5 of the arch doc, point 1 says; "The authority over a URI determines which resource it identifies." I believe that what a URI identifies is determined principally by *use*. The publisher is, of course, the authority on what it *should* identify, but it's up to them to ensure that they use the tools at their disposal to clearly communicate that to the world, lest the world think it identifies something else. But in practice, I'd say, the world always has the final say, though with the proviso that the publisher has the power to change, given sufficient time, what the world believes it identifies. For example, I recall TimBL suggesting that "http://www.w3.org/Consortium" identified the W3C organization, and indeed a handful[1] of people use it this way. But the vast majority[2] use "http://www.w3.org" for that purpose, and no information returned from a GET on the latter suggests that it isn't, so that isn't likely to change unless the W3C takes action. [1] http://www.google.com/search?q=link:http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ew3%2Eorg%2FConsortium [2] http://www.google.com/search?q=link:http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ew3%2Eorg MB -- Mark Baker, CTO, Idokorro Mobile. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca http://www.idokorro.com
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