RE: Resource definition

I don't like it, as there are others out there, like Roy's and RDF.  And it
hasn't helped with our debate about whether a service is a resource or not.

Cheers,
Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Baker [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:31 PM
> To: David Orchard
> Cc: 'Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)'; [email protected]
> Subject: Resource definition
>
>
> Dave,
>
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:59:09PM -0800, David Orchard wrote:
> > 1. The W3C TAG should darned well write up what a resource
> is from a web
> > architecture perspective.
>
> Doesn't this count?
>
>   "A resource is defined by [RFC2396] to be anything that has
> identity."
>    -- http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#identification
>
> Or did you want something more specific than a punt to 2396?
> Personally, I'm quite happy with the punt.
>
> > 2. The WS-Arch group ought to relate a service to a
> resource *somehow*
>
> I'd suggest that;
>
> "All Web services have identity, and are therefore resources."
>
> is as far as we can go with that, at least until the
> definition of what
> a Web service is, is figured out.  The current one is still
> very fuzzy,
> IMO.
>
> MB
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