Re: RDDL again

On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 23:51, Tim Bray wrote:

> I dislike it because it treats nature and purpose asymmetrically.

What suggests that they should be symmetric?


> >  a) of Dan's point that your declarations do not bind appropriately to 
> > the actual resource being described
> 
> I disagree.  I claim that rfc2396.txt has a nature (.../text/plain) and 
> a purpose (...#normative-reference).

It's a normative reference *from something*. That it is
text/plain is independent of its relationship to anything
else. But that it is a normative reference isn't.

-- 
Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/

Received on Friday, 13 June 2003 09:03:27 UTC