Re: Clarifying what a URL identifies (Four Uses of a URL)

Mark Baker wrote,
> I understand how some believe that this may helps clarify the
> situation by isolating what they see as inconsistent models.  But
> from my POV, doing so always prompts a question; wouldn't a unified
> model in which XML namespaces, cars, and web pages could all be
> included, necessarily be more general and powerful?
>
> Whether you agree that the model Roy describes is that model or not
> (I believe it is), do folks believe this is a worthy goal?  If so,
> perhaps we could say something in webarch about that?

Maybe worthy ... but probably a fools errand.

Think carefully about what you're asking for: a model which is 
expressive enough that it could embed _any_ other model that anyone 
might reasonably adopt for _any_ other reasonable purpose, without too 
much pain or effort.

I don't believe there's any such beast ... at least, I've never run 
across one. Even within the restricted domain of programming models, I 
wouldn't expect there to be one that'd have much chance of qualifying 
as both universal and universally acceptable ... would you?

Cheers,


Miles

Received on Friday, 24 January 2003 08:30:51 UTC