Hi Norman,

On 17 October 2011 14:58, Norman Gray <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tom and Yang, hello.
>
> On 2011 Oct 17, at 14:26, Tom Heath wrote:
>
>> Contrary to Rob's
>> experience in another thread, I've never found people to have a
>> problem understanding the rationale for 303 redirects, in all the
>> "Intro to Linked Data" type talks I've done (for geeks and non-geeks
>> alike).
>
> I've done far fewer talks of this type than Tom has, but I've never found 
> anyone having difficulty here, either.  Mind you, I never talk of 
> 'information resource' or httpRange-14.
>
> For what it's worth, I generally say something along the lines of "This URI, 
> X, is the name of a galaxy.  If you put that URI into your browser, you can't 
> get the galaxy back, can you, because the galaxy is too big to fit inside 
> your computer.  So something different has to happen, doesn't it?"  A remark 
> about Last-Modified generally seals the deal.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?

Evidence would suggest not :)

Incidentally, I remember when you could get a galaxy on a floppy disk ;)

Tom.


>> Either way, this kind of visual explanation does bring a lot
>> of extra clarity, IMHO. Question: is there a better term than
>> "identifies" to label the arc between "Returned Document URI" and
>> "Number of Triples" at the bottom of the page.
>
> How about 'identifies document'?  This hints at the symmetry you're looking 
> for in the doubled use of 'identifies', whilst perhaps reinforcing the IR/NIR 
> distinction.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Norman
>
>
> --
> Norman Gray  :  http://nxg.me.uk
> SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
>
>



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