RE: What is at the end of the namespace?

On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com wrote:

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> > From: ext roconnor@Math.Berkeley.EDU
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> > Subject: Re: What is at the end of the namespace?
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> > > > Yes, URIs *may* denote abstract resources. No, HTTP URLs
> > may *not*.
> > >
> > > Patrick, as an author of both of those specifications, I can
> > > definitively state that what you are saying does not match
> > what I intended
> > > when I wrote the sections to which you have referred.
> >
> > I must admit that I always thought that HTTP URIs were some retrivable
> > resouce, but after looking at the introduction to  RFC 2068:
> >
> >    Practical information systems require more functionality
> > than simple
> >    retrieval, including search, front-end update, and annotation. HTTP
> >    allows an open-ended set of methods that indicate the purpose of a
> >    request.
> >
> > It seems that Sean is right.  HTTP URIs seem like they could mean
> > anything.
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> I don't read it that way at all! I think you are reading your
> own interpretation into the language, not judging what it
> actually says.
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> A 'request' means that something should be provided as a response
> to that 'request'. You can't 'request' an abstract entity. You
> can only reference it.

You can request a representation of an abstract entity.

Dan

Received on Friday, 16 November 2001 09:10:36 UTC