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Re: Do sheep dream of electric URLs?

• To: "Xml-Dev" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: Do sheep dream of electric URLs?
• From: "Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@a...>
• Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 22:39:30 +1000
• References: <EBEPLGMHCDOJJJPCFHEFAEPBHHAA.danny666@v...>

From: "Danny Ayers" <danny666@v...>

> do other animals use references &  pointers ?

My golden retriever Pip does not believe that there can be resources
that cannot be retrieved. He has done substantial empicial work to
prove this, and I believe he would respond to an invitation to join the TAG
enthusiastically, having an enormous understanding of REST. 
Resources for retrieval can be anonymous, or pointed to (by him 
or me) or named (he only understands the scheme "fetch:" however.) 

His initial handshake and resource retrieval is fine, but his content 
negotiation protocol is very unreliable. I suggest that instead of
Americans and non-Americans arguing about whether # is "hash"
or "pound", we should simply say "pip" because he is a physical
fragment identifier. Not always fragments one wants identified.

After playing hide-and-seek recently, he has become convinced of
my bilocationism: that even if I am calling him in front of his face
(certification), I might actually be hiding somewhere else (spoofing) 
playing a game.  This undermines the usefulness of commands 
such as "here boy" because "here" could be anywhere.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

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