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Re: Re: Why REST? (RE: WSIO- With Name)

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• Subject: Re: Re: Why REST? (RE: WSIO- With Name)
• From: Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@r...>
• Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:57:16 -0500
• In-reply-to: <3C698AFD.7D45C7F2@p...>
• Organization: Red Bridge Interactive, Inc.
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On Tuesday 12 February 2002 04:37 pm, Paul Prescod wrote:
> Ignoring topic maps and RDFs ... we can assert that the URI
> identifies YOU and that links to the URI are links to YOU. We can
> also say that you may have whatever representation there you think
> is a sufficient representation of you, including a 404 page. Where
> do you think that there is a problem with this view.

The problem is that the name of the thing is not the same as the thing 
itself. We had this discussion before... a rose by any other name...

Then of course, how to we reference the name that references the thing?

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  • Re: Re: Why REST? (RE: WSIO- With Name)
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
  • Re: Re: Why REST? (RE: WSIO- With Name)
    • From: Paul Prescod <paul@p...>

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