[foaf-protocols] 2010-07-17 - WebID spec update

[Kingsley Idehen]

Bruno Harbulot wrote:
> Hi Manu,
>
> On 18/07/2010 15:48, Manu Sporny wrote:
>   
>> Rejections include:
>>
>> * Changing all mentions of URL to URI in the document - we want to be
>>    very specific about what we do and don't allow. I don't think we
>>    allow URNs everywhere, so this change was rejected.
>>     
>
> I think we've always been talking of a WebID as a URI, not necessarily a 
> URL. For the dereferencing method, it has to be dereferenceable indeed, 
> but that's still a URI, isn't it?
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bruno.
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Manu,

A WebID is a URI based Name Reference. It isn't an Address. We are using 
a URL to make a Name Reference.

The WebID is the focal point of the structured description delivered by 
a structured profile (a Resource) that you can de-reference at an 
Address on an HTTP Network (e.g. WWW).

If we want to stick with URL then we have to qualify that a WebID is a 
URL used as a Name Reference rather than its conventional Address 
Reference role.



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