Re: "resolution mechanism"

> The practice is not necessarily direct, but the style is.
> 
> An HTTP GET is *asking for* something.
>
> Other approaches to URI processing *ask about* something.

I'm not sure I see a difference.

If I do a GET on a HTTP URI, and I get a redirect directive back, that
is "about" the resource.  Any representation of the state is about the
resource, is it not?

> Minor change, major ramifications, especially since many URIs offer no
> direct means of asking for but you can always ask about anything, even
> HTTP URIs.  

Do you have an example?

MB
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Received on Friday, 12 April 2002 12:58:31 UTC