Re: Identity modelling
From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne_at_acm.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:41:50 GMT
Message-ID: <iuYQe.2714$884.406062_at_news20.bellglobal.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:41:50 GMT
Message-ID: <iuYQe.2714$884.406062_at_news20.bellglobal.com>
> One interesting case is that of the URL. Is a URL a key or a
> pointer? Does it name the resource, or does it locate the resource?
It can definitely be either.
<http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html> "Cool URIs don't change"
There are a lot of lame reasons for having URLs that have components that *are* expected to change:
- status changes
- authors leave
- file "extensions" are a throwback to the filesystem styles of the past
- software mechanisms are *really* likely to change (e.g. - where you have some sort of ".../exec/foo.cgi?latest?092348921fas" portion)
A "cool URI" is a name for the resource; uncool URIs merely present the current location...
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