Re: registering info: uris?

From: Houghton,Andrew <houghtoa_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:39:38 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Mike Taylor
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 12:15 PM
> To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris?
> 
> The problem is that, after setting up a non-dereferencable http: URI
> to name something like an XML namespace or a CQL context set, it's
> just so darned _tempting_ to put something explanatory at the location
> which happens to be indicated by that URI  :-)

and that is what you are suppose to do...  Having a representation of
the "thing" is useful and is what makes the Web and any other hypertext
system useful.


Andy.
Received on Mon Mar 30 2009 - 12:42:38 EDT