- From: Graham Klyne <GK@Dial.pipex.com>
- Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 21:25:17 +0100
- To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Cc: XML-uri@w3.org
At 02:03 PM 9/7/00 -0400, Simon St.Laurent wrote: >At 06:44 PM 9/7/00 +0100, Graham Klyne wrote: > >What does a noun represent? > > > >This is not a facile question. I think answers to that question may be > >illuminating. > >A person, place, or thing. Didn't you ever watch Schoolhouse Rock? What about colours, smells? They, too, are [abstract] nouns. [...] > >I suggest that a URI serves the same purpose in web architecture that a > >noun serves in the architecture of most human languages. > >Well, I'd categorize the usage in Namespaces in XML as more like an adjective. I wouldn't. I'd say the namespace usage is along the lines of "is defined by X" or "is associated with X" (if only for consistency with more common URI usage). #g ------------ Graham Klyne (GK@ACM.ORG)
Received on Thursday, 7 September 2000 17:24:46 UTC