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

[Kingsley Idehen]

Henry Story wrote:
> On 18 Jul 2010, at 18:32, 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?
>>     
>
> Difficult one. Not sure  a #url is a URI or a URL when used on the semweb.
> But I do agree that it may be better to formulate this in terms of URLs.
>   

So we state: A WebID is a URL used as a Name Reference for identifying 
Things. Basically emphasize that it isn't being used in the conventional 
Data Access oriented role re. Address Reference .

Kingsley
> Henry
>
>   
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Bruno.
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