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:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Jonathan Rochkind
>> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:52 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> 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.
>
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