Re: HTTP Range 14

On 3/4/12 12:37 PM, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:
>
> I've started sketching some ideas I've been thinking about for some 
> time into a blog post;
> http://blogs.ecs.soton.ac.uk/webteam/2012/03/01/firing-range-14/
>
> I can turn it into something more formal if there's any positive 
> feedback.
>
Chris,


There's nothing wrong with using a http: scheme URI to name real-world 
things. Yes, it might be unintuitive, but that doesn't make it wrong. 
There is a powerful utility inherent in this approach when you focus 
firmly on the utterly vital issue of "Open Data Connectivity". To 
understand my fundamental point, do take a look at what "Open Database 
Connectivity" (ODBC) is about.

Linked Data moves use from "Open Database Connectivity" (which has many 
platform specific shortcomings) to "Open Data Connectivity" in a manner 
that leverages the ubiquity of the Web.

Use of http: scheme URIs as names for description subjects is a 
cost-effective option for the goal at hand (open data access, at Web scale).

We could also aid comprehension of the HttpRange-14 narrative by just 
placing URIs and URLs on the appropriate items in TimBL's original WWW 
diagram [1], then adding a reference to relevant material. I'll even do 
this myself if I can get my hands on the source of the original image.


Links:

1. http://www.w3.org/2001/12/semweb-fin/timbl-1989-image.gif

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