There are obviously other uses for URIs than sticking them in an 'href'
attribute of an <a>. Like, the uses I thought this conversation was about?
What are we talking about again?
Houghton,Andrew wrote:
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of
Jonathan Rochkind
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:52 PM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] registering info: uris?
But when did someone suggest that all identifiers must be resolvable?
When Andrew argued that:
Having unresolvable URIs is anti-Web since the Web is a hypertext
system where links are required to make it useful. Exposing
unresolvable links in content on the Web doesn't make the Web
more useful.
Okay, I guess he didn't actually SAY that you should never have non-
resolvable identifiers, but he rather strongly implied it, by using the
"anti-Web" epithet.
You are correct that I didn't say that you should never have unresolvable
identifiers and I wasn't implying that either. Though I was pointing out
that sticking <a href="info:lccn/sh2009123456">Text</a> into the hypertext
system where info URIs are unresolvable negates the effect of linking to it
in the first place.
Andy.
