RE: What is at the end of the namespace? from Leigh Dodds on 2001-11-16 (www-talk@w3.org from November to December 2001)

From: Leigh Dodds <ldodds@ingenta.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:38:18 -0000
To: <Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com>, <fielding@ebuilt.com>, <a.powell@ukoln.ac.uk>
Cc: <www-talk@w3.org>, <uri@w3.org>
Message-ID: <NCBBKFMJCLIMOBIGKFMJEEECGNAA.ldodds@ingenta.com>

> That's like saying that, because a 'mailto:' URI is a URI and
> URI's can identify anything, I can use a 'mailto:' URI to 
> denote an abstract concept and software should *know* that
> it means the abstract concept and not a way to send some
> content to a particular mailbox.

Won't its meaning be implied by the context of its usage?

L.

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