Norm Walsh writes: > I've lost the thread of how this has a bearing on the scalability issue. Is it simply that lots of RDF applications use URIs without ever dereferencing them? No. > So they don't tend to introduce the scalability problem? No. Bottom-line: When you encourage RDF agents to make *heavy*, adhoc (i.e., unguided) use of the transport protocol to facilitate machine understanding (semantics, etc..) you burden the transport protocol unnecessarily. This contributes to the scalability problem: ".. when a resource is very popular and its use is associated with attempts to get a representation, use of http: URIs can lead *in practice* to a crippling volume of traffic on particular web servers." Again, with a few words added to highlight the relevance: ".. when a resource is very popular and its use (in RDF) is associated with attempts to get a representation, use of http: RDF URIs can lead *in practice* to a crippling volume of traffic on particular web servers." -- ChimezieReceived on Thursday, 6 September 2007 16:50:12 UTC
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