- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:23:38 -0500
- To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- CC: xml-uri@w3.org
"Simon St.Laurent" wrote: [...] > Sorry Dan, but vague claims of a priori axioms that have never been spelled > out in any substantial public document oops... I assumed you were familiar with the relevant documents... you pointed to them earlier... http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/ esp Axioms of Web architecture: URIs (19 Dec 96) http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Axioms.html and the briefer, wider overview http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Architecture.html and http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Principles.html > that include technical detail are > not an acceptable club with which to smack ideas of which you disapprove, > at least in my opinion. I'm just expressing my opinion by reference to principles to which I adhere. If you consider it unacceptable for me to express my opinion in the way I choose, I don't see how we can have a open exchange of ideas. > The Web has proven unpredictable, inconsistent, and full of 404 Not Found. > I'd rather work with mess that with mysterious axioms. I find the design of the web to be highly consistent. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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