- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:10:29 -0400
- To: Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
Hmm, I think this paragraph goes too far ... On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 04:30:13PM -0400, Sandro Hawke wrote: > Information Resources are the only kind of resources which can have > representations. The number 1, which is not an Information > Resource, might be said to be represented by the two-octet sequence > 0x0001, but not in the sense of "representation" used in this > document. No? Why not? It seems to me that it does. > A web-accessible control dial, set to "1", might respond > to HTTP GET requests with a representation of its state: 0x0001. > In this example, 0x0001 acts an identifier for the number 1 within > the data format being used. I think it's representing, not identifying. If it were an identifier, it should be a URI (or an EPR, I suppose 8-). > An HTTP GET of a URI for the number 1 > itself could meaningfully be met with an error or redirect, but not > with a representation. Gotta disagree with you there (even before pointing out that errors and redirects are representations 8-). I think that Patrick has convinced me that "information resource" is a cop-out. *sigh* Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca
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