On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 11:58 -0500, Steve Newcomb wrote:
> In my view, what SGML never had, and XML still doesn't have, is a
> mechanism for disclosing the semantic intent of a document address.
> When I mention an address, what am I talking about? In the absence of a
> characterization of intent, it's extremely ambiguous.
+1
I don't believe that "HTTP Range" cuts it, as putting # on the end of a
URI is not out-of-band, and still only gives two options (the resource
itself or the resource as a surrogate).
At one time I hoped topic maps would give us more of this.
Liam
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