Hi, On 19 October 2011 18:44, Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]> wrote: >> .... >> So, can we turn things on their head a little. Instead of starting out >> from a position that we *must* have two different resources, can we >> instead highlight to people the *benefits* of having different >> identifiers? > > But you don't have two different resources. Please correct me if I am > reading you inaccurately here, but are you saying that: > > http://dbpedia.org/resource/Linked Data and http://dbpedia.org/page/Linked > Data == two different resources? > > I see: > > 1. 2 URIs > 2. a generic URI (serving as a Name) and a purpose specific URI called a URL > that serves as a data access address -- still two identifiers albeit split > by function .
RFC3983: "A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource." 2 URIs, therefore 2 resources. Cheers, L. -- Leigh Dodds Product Lead, Kasabi Mobile: 07850 928381 http://kasabi.com http://talis.com Talis Systems Ltd 43 Temple Row Birmingham B2 5LS
