RE: Resource definition

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 19:38, Burdett, David wrote:
> In an earlier email, Francis McCabe said ...
> 
> >>>... to use one of Mark's earlier examples, turning on a light switch. The
> state of the light is a representable resource; no question. The action of
> flipping the switch is not so representable. The arm which is used to flip
> the switch is, however, a resource; although any representation of it in
> terms of bits is merely a symbol and not the real thing.<<<
> 
> So is the act of moving the arm to turn on/off the switch a resource?
> 

If you assign a URI to it then yes, it becomes a Resource as defined by
RFC2396....

-MM