On 6/13/11 1:28 AM, Pat Hayes wrote:
But I don't think all this is really germane to the http-range-14 issue. The point there is, does the URI refer to something like a representation (information resource, website, document, RDF graph, whatever) or something which definitely canNOT be sent over a wire?
The Referent of a URI re., http-range-14 is the observation (or description) subject. In this context the subject may or may not be a real world object or entity.
In the context of Linked Data, the observation (or description) subject URI resolves to a Representation of its Referent. Actual representation is accessible via an Address. Data representation formats are *optionally* negotiable e.g., via content negotiation, and ultimately varied i.e., many serialization formats for byte stream that actually transmits data from its source to its consumers.
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