- From: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:40:27 -0400
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>, WWW-Tag <www-tag@w3.org>
> Again, that's not what I suggested. For the *3rd* time, > the text I'm suggesting is: > > When Dan found http://weather.example.com/oaxaca in the magazine, > he inferred that it was *on the Web*; that is, it has a > representation > available, barring network failures, access policies, and such. > While URIs can, in general, be used to refer to any sort of > resource, the case of an *information resource*, that is, one > for which Web protocols provide representations, is particularly > relevant to the structure of the Web: a *link* is the use of a URI > in the representation of an information resource refer to > another resource. The large-scale effect of the use of these links > is a shared information space. The value of the Web > grows exponentially as a function of the number of linked > resources (the "network effect"). Could we tweak the middle of that, to avoid the apparent dependency on the net being up, and include TimBray's definition?: > When Dan found http://weather.example.com/oaxaca in the magazine, > he inferred that it was *on the Web*; that is, it has a > representation > available, barring network failures, access policies, and such. While URIs can, in general, be used to refer to any sort of resource, the case of an *information resource*, a resource which is information, is particularly relevant to the structure of the Web. Of these the Web protocols can provide "representations": expressions in some data format, with accompanying metadata. > A *link* is the use of a URI > in the representation of an information resource refer to > another resource. The large-scale effect of the use of these links > is a shared information space. The value of the Web > grows exponentially as a function of the number of linked > resources (the "network effect"). timbl
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