- From: Didier PH Martin <martind@netfolder.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:21:24 -0500
- To: algermissen@acm.org
- Cc: "'Roy T. Fielding'" <fielding@gbiv.com>, 'Michael Mealling' <michael@neonym.net>, 'W3C TAG' <www-tag@w3.org>, colin.wallis@ssc.govt.nz, ferry.hendrikx@ssc.govt.nz
Hello Jan, > The heart of the matter is, IMHO, that location independent naming > schemas are an illusion with regard > to information systems. The issue is not simply *naming* information but > also *interacting* with it. In order > to interact with the information, you need to bind the name to a > location and simply declaring the naming > schema to be location independent does not save you from this. > > Roy's point is (IMO) that you can use URLs (and the benefit of an > existing, deployed, running system that > comes with them for free) right away since you'll face the 'location > problem' in the end anyhow. I'll answer to both arguments in Roy's answer. Cheers Didier PH Martin
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