Alexander Johannesen wrote:
> In the RDF world, the ultimate resource is the URI itself, and they
> are used to identify as well. But if I say that a subject is about
> "http://www.un.org/", is my subject the UN as an organisation, or
> their website as a whole, or the page that HTTP returns? In the Topic
> Maps world we solve this by having two distinct (direct and indirect
> identity) and a third subtle way of handling identity management. At
> this point, I'd like to point you to ;
> http://www.ontopia.net/topicmaps/materials/identitycrisis.html
>
>
>
I don't think that's how URIs are used in the RDF world. It's not a
matter of using an existing URL for an organization, but of creating
controlled lists with specific meanings. I haven't ever seen anyone
advocating the use of the URL that you list above. So, for example, in
the library world, we will have an authority record for the UN and the
URI that we use will be the URI for that authority record.
kc
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