- From: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:54:05 -0400
- To: Stuart Williams <skw@hp.com>
- Cc: Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com, www-tag@w3.org
Stuart Williams writes: >> Why would a representation contain a reference >> ... because the resource it represents refers to the >> other resource. Do we have to reach consenus on this? I think it's often true, but not always. Might I not in builting a presentation include links that are more properties of the reprsentation then the resource. For example, you could imagine a portal engine that presents all its content in XHTML and includes a little banner at the bottom saying: "This page brought to you using XHTML. For more information on XHTML see http://www.w3.org .)" (I'm in an airplane without connectivity at the moment and don't actually have handy the best URI for XHTML.) I don't think that implies that the reference to XHMTL documentation necessarily implies that the resource being represented has such a reference to XHTML, even giving the benefit of the doubt on the question of whether the web architecture has any normative and fully general notion of what resources (as opposed to representations) reference in the first place. In short, I wonder if we can get away without pursuing this particular line of inquiry for now? -------------------------------------- Noah Mendelsohn IBM Corporation One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 1-617-693-4036 --------------------------------------
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