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It seems from all of the foregoing discussions that there are (at least) three ways of using a URI: 1) URI as a URL (in the 'classic' sense) for retrieval purposes - a reference to something which can be accessed via a network protocol (named in the URI) 2) URI as a URL for descriptive purposes - a reference to a resource which can be accessed via a network protocol and processed by a human being to gain insight into the thing being described 3) URI as a name - which needs to then be further resolved via some mechanism (not necessarily a network protocol) So why not just say which one you are using. In XTM, there is <subjectIndicatorRef> and <resourceRef> which both use URIs, but one is a using it as (2) and the other as (4) , and occurrences in XTM are URIs of type (1). Surely a URI as a bunch of characters cannot tell you how it is being used, you need context to determine that. Retreating behind the sandbags, Kal
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