- From: Michael Mealling <michael@verisignlabs.com>
- Date: 18 Feb 2003 21:27:55 -0500
- To: "Burdett, David" <david.burdett@commerceone.com>
- Cc: "'James M Snell'" <jasnell@us.ibm.com>, Assaf Arkin <arkin@intalio.com>, David Orchard <dorchard@bea.com>, "'Cutler, Roger \"\"\"\"(RogerCutler)'" <RogerCutler@chevrontexaco.com>, www-ws-arch@w3.org, www-ws-arch-request@w3.org
On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 19:38, Burdett, David wrote: > In an earlier email, Francis McCabe said ... > > >>>... to use one of Mark's earlier examples, turning on a light switch. The > state of the light is a representable resource; no question. The action of > flipping the switch is not so representable. The arm which is used to flip > the switch is, however, a resource; although any representation of it in > terms of bits is merely a symbol and not the real thing.<<< > > So is the act of moving the arm to turn on/off the switch a resource? > If you assign a URI to it then yes, it becomes a Resource as defined by RFC2396.... -MM
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