- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:23:31 -0700
- To: "Ian B. Jacobs" <ij@w3.org>
- Cc: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@apache.org>, www-tag@w3.org
Ian B. Jacobs wrote: > How about this (mostly copying RF's text): > > The World Wide Web is an information space consisting of > resources that are interconnected by links defined within that > space. This information space is the basis of, and is shared > by, a number of information systems, including the > "traditional" Web and emerging technologies such as Web > Services and the Semantic Web. Within each of these systems, > agents (e.g., browsers, servers, spiders, and proxies) acting > within diverse networks provide, retrieve, create, analyze, > and reason about resources. I object to a definition of the Web that doesn't mention the fact that it spans networks right in the first sentence. Also, I think the "within diverse networks" phrase is a bit awkward in an otherwise excellent sentence -T
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