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It looks like a URL; it will act like one. The flaw is the conflation of name, location and identity but that flaw is the basic feature by which the WWW runs so we are stuck there. All the handwaving about URN/URI/URL doesn't avoid the simple fact that if one puts http:// anywhere in browser display space, the system colors it blue and puts up a finger. The monkey expects a resource and when it doesn't get one, it shocks the monkey. Monkeys don't read specs to find out why they should be shocked. They turn red and put up a finger. That which was declared meaningless took on meaning in real time. It is a choice of means to avoid the shock: 1. Resolve to a schema. Very useful. 2. Resolve to nothing. If the monkey clicks, issue a terse message box explaining that this is a name, not a link. 3. Resolve to something. There are several somethings to choose from. That is not a bad result if the monkey or the system knows how to choose. Returning something that is monkey readable is a function of being polite. Nothing more. The monkey is assuaged by a polite resolve to enable it to choose. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h
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