- From: pat hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:45:35 -0500
- To: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Cc: pat hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>, Michael Mealling <michael@neonym.net>, www-tag@w3.org
>pat hayes wrote: > >>Well, I think that to deny it would be a dangerous step. although >>foolish might be better. Look, to deny this would be to say that >>things don't exist until they are given a URI... ah, but now I read >>on .... > >They don't exist on the Web till they have a URI. What's >controversial about that? Well, maybe nothing. What does 'exist on the Web' mean? What is the difference between "exists" and "exists on the Web" ? Are these related in any way? I guess I find it odd to talk of something being brought into (any kind of) existence by something that happens on the Web. I take existence to mean actual existence, right? Being something in the actual world, as in "Sherlock Holmes does not exist". Pat -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 or (650)494 3973 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola (850)202 4440 fax FL 32501 (850)291 0667 cell phayes@ihmc.us http://www.ihmc.us/users/phayes
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