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

• To: "Paul Prescod" <paul@p...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Re: Why REST? (RE: WSIO- With Name)
• From: "Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@m...>
• Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:10:28 -0800
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• Thread-topic: Re: Why REST? (RE: WSIO- With Name)

> > ... In an RDF sense, they
> > can't be identified.  But in a topic map sense, the document can
> > be used to identify the person.
> 
> 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.

A URI is a *name*; it can identify only along a continuum of certainty
(even a national passport is only a token of identity; there is no such
thing as positive equality in identification).  And why do you say a URI
would have a 404 page?  What is the 404 page for mailt:paul@p...?

smime.p7s

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