- From: John Aldridge <john.aldridge@informatix.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 18:07:58 +0100
- To: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
At 12:54 07/09/00 -0400, John Cowan wrote: >John Aldridge wrote (in response to Michael Mealling) > > > So, as I understand what you've said, two URIs identify the same resource > > if those URIs are byte-for-byte identical. > >Yes. Whether two URIs identify the same resource if they are *not* >byte-for-byte >identical is still disputed, though officially they do not. but when Michael Mealling said: >URI: a unique string that is bound in a 1:1 relationship with a Resource the "1:1" makes it clear that _his_ opinion falls in the "official" camp. >Note that that's >URIs, not URI references (i.e. relative URLs aren't in the picture at this >point). Indeed. -- Cheers, John
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