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> >I consider > >the flip-flops between URI/URL, "Universal"/"Uniform" to be politics > >that do not invalidate the significance of the concept as it will > >ultimately be proved IMO. > > You're welcome to do so. Yes, since the point of discussion is about the novelty (or some argue, lack of) in what TimBL did, I will point to the original "Universal Resource Identifier" draft: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1630.html This RFC, in 1994, represents a revolution. This RFC, and the thinking which went into it, changed the world*. It's the reason that TimBL is knighted. By the time the 1998 draft was released, the world had already been changed, and bickering about "universal" vs. "uniform" was no longer something that would make or break the web. * this RFC, *and* widespread TCP/IP, HTML, a killer app from NCSA, etc., etc.
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