- From: Dare Obasanjo <dareo@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:14:32 -0700
- To: "Jonathan Borden" <jonathan@openhealth.org>, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@apache.org>, "Champion, Mike" <Mike.Champion@SoftwareAG-USA.com>
- Cc: <www-tag@w3.org>
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Borden [mailto:jonathan@openhealth.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:06 AM > To: Dare Obasanjo; Roy T. Fielding; Champion, Mike > Cc: www-tag@w3.org > > > > That's impressive. I meet people who are confused by HTTP > URLs used as > > identifiers on a weekly basis. Of course, working with XML > I am on the > > forefront of the grand experiment that is using HTTP URLs as > > identifiers. > > That's just because you work at Microsoft. Slur or genuine comment? > I think Roy is speaking for the 99% of people who _use_ the > web rather than those that write programs that manipulate web tokens. 99% of people who use the WWW use URLs not URIs. As Simon St. Laurent has pointed out in the past, it is opportunistic revisionism to claim that people who use the WWW are using URIs and then posit that the concept of using locators as identifiers was a wise decision. The only place I've seen URIs significantly used in practice has been in XML namespaces and there they have been a source of massive confusion and much debate. -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM Marriage is the only union that has consistently defied management. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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