RE: [schemeProtocols-49] Editor's draft of finding on schemeProtocols-49 from wangxiao on 2005-06-17 (www-tag@w3.org from June 2005)

From: wangxiao <wangxiao@musc.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:12:03 -0400
To: <www-tag@w3.org>
Message-Id: <200506172012.j5HKC3nr007083@flopsy.musc.edu>

> A URI is a sign. The fact that it says "ftp://ftp.w3.org/blah"
> signifies that it's *meaning* is "Use the FTP protocol".

A URI like: "ftp://ftp.w3.org/blan" declares a resource and "suggest" a
"protocol" to obtain a representation of the resource.  And I don't think a
resource should be equal to its representation.

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