> With non-URI identifiers you have to paste the > identifier into a special piece of software from the outset, to locate > useful information about it. Whereas with HTTP URIs, you *might* get > useful information if you paste the URI into a browser.
So... an html browser isn't considered a special piece of software? ;-) -=Michel=- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:public-semweb-lifesci- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Booth, David (HP Software - Boston) > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:13 AM > To: Jonathan Rees; Phillip Lord > Cc: public-semweb-lifesci > Subject: Artificial distinction between locators and identifiers > > > [Subject was RE: IDs + 5; everybody - 10] > > A belated comment, since this thread occurred while I was away on > vacation: > > In > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-semweb-lifesci/2007Jul/0203.h > tml > > From: Jonathan Rees > > [ . . . ] > > My opinion is that if you want to avoid the locator suggestion > > entirely, go the route of handles and use names for authorities that > > don't look at all like domain names. > > There is no such thing as a clear distinction between a locator and an > identifier. Any identifier can be used as a locator and vice versa. > It's just a question of what software you have to use to make it act > like a locator. But if you > don't, you can still resort to pasting the URI into a special piece of > software. > > It is much better to educate people about the fact that an HTTP URI can > act both as a locator and an identifier than to assume that this > education will not occur and attempt to impose an artificial distinction > between them. > > > David Booth, Ph.D. > HP Software > +1 617 629 8881 office | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.hp.com/go/software > > Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not represent > the official views of HP unless explicitly stated otherwise. >
