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On 2002-02-13 14:31, "ext Jonathan Borden" <jborden@a...> wrote: > Paul is entirely correct. > > A URI is simply a name for a thing, whatever that thing may be. A name is > not the thing that it names How about 'data:foo'? Or do you consider that a self-referential name? There is an entire class of URIs which are also resources and do not denote anything else. C.f. http://ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-pstickler-uri-taxonomy-00.txt > URIs are names. Some are. > )note new email address -- which refers to the same person as > jborden@m...) No. An email address does not refer to a person. Does sales@a... refer to some person named 'sales'? An email address is just that. A place to put mail. Cheers, Patrick -- Patrick Stickler Phone: +358 50 483 9453 Senior Research Scientist Fax: +358 7180 35409 Nokia Research Center Email: patrick.stickler@n...
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