- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 00:33:15 -0500
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@apache.org>
- Cc: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>, www-tag@w3.org
On Tuesday, Jan 14, 2003, at 19:58 US/Eastern, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > >> Unfortunately, your model doesn't work for me, in trying to to >> effectively use URIs in knowledge representation languages (like RDF). > > Why? Every statement to that effect has so far been disproven, not > by me but by members of the RDF interest group. do you have pointer? > What exactly is it > that breaks in the REST model? > > I know why your model breaks. Try describing caching. Ok, Roy, so using my model or Sandro's, show why when you try to describe caching it breaks. > For real, > not in your imagination, but on paper and with appropriate definitions > for the metadata that is included in HTTP responses so that the > client has an interoperable clue as to what you are talking about. > Then try describing hierarchical proxies, gateways, etc. And if you > are willing to continue work on that model, use it to describe the > semantics of a Web to GSM SMS gateway using POST. I already did that > stuff seven years ago, If you have it in the form of a formal system, then I think a pointer to it would be very interesting. I know Dan Connolly did some work in Larch, but if you have a very much more complete analysis, that's great. Do you have a URI for it? > so I expect a little more than talk at this > point from the W3C. I have asked you to refer to individuals -- there has not been a combined approach to this from W3C people. Sandro is an MIT/LCS staff member working on Darpa funded research. David Booth is an employee of HP and a W3C Fellow. You are a member of the Technical Architecture Board. But we are all individuals too. timbl > ....Roy
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