- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 12:06:16 -0400
- To: Miles Sabin <msabin@cromwellmedia.co.uk>, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
Miles Sabin wrote: > That just doesn't wash because resources are made of bits, > which live in filesystems or memory, or get generated by > processes running on distinctly non-abstract boxes full chips > and stuff; and they're retrievable because bunches of bits > can be transferred over wires. Nope, it's *entity bodies* that are made of bits (actually, a pile of octets plus a MIME media type). A resource *is* abstract; the same resource can get a different entity body every time you access it, e.g. gopher://www.ccil.org:13/0 . (This will not work in the mainstream browsers, but lynx will support it.) -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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