• To: Joshua Allen <joshuaa@m...>
• Subject: Resource representations
• From: Paul Prescod <paul@p...>
• Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:16:19 -0800
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• References: <4F4182C71C1FDD4BA0937A7EB7B8B4C10436F6B4@r...>

Joshua Allen wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> A URI is a *name*; it can identify only along a continuum of certainty
> (even a national passport is only a token of identity; there is no such
> thing as positive equality in identification).

I didn't mean to say otherwise.

> ...  And why do you say a URI
> would have a 404 page?  What is the 404 page for mailt:paul@p...?

I said that a resource *could* be represented by a 404 page. Not MUST
be.

 Paul Prescod

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