On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 14:30 +0000, Nathan wrote: > http://webr3.org/apps/notes/web#atypedlink > > partial story of creating /a/ semantic web, rather than /the/ semantic web.
Thanks for posting this. I like the reasoning, but one part I think is overstated to the point of being incorrect: "It is critical to note, that you cannot name real world things with URIs, you cannot name the moon with a URI, just as you cannot send the moon through a computer." You later discuss the idea of using a URI to name something *as-described-by* a document, and this I think is a very good point to make. But I don't think it invalidates the idea that you can name real world things with URIs. I suggest toning down the above statement and further explaining the idea that the identity of a resource may not be unambiguously determined, but it is determined only to the extent that its description determines it. -- David Booth, Ph.D. Cleveland Clinic (contractor) http://dbooth.org/ Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Cleveland Clinic.
