Ok, I think we've done a good job boiling the disagreement down to its essence. Thanks. It would be good if other folks could chime in with their views, so we know where we stand. Also, I should add that I've not been coordinating with Mark Nottingham during this discussion, and I don't claim to speak for him. But I think our positions are very closely aligned. And, just to quickly answer this question (we can take it offline if you like) ... On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 10:51:51AM -0500, Keith Moore wrote:
It's not multi-layer; the URI and the media type remain the only dispatch points for requests. They're just dispatching a very generic application.
and you don't think there is ever a need for further dispatching at the XML level? in other words, all XML documents are going to the same application?
Almost; the URI becomes the sole dispatch point. It's very similar to tuple space based systems (e.g. Linda), where the identifier for the space is all that's used for dispatch. In my experience, it's a really nice way to build a wide variety of applications. I'm also not saying that non-RDF uses of XML (and therefore other */*+xml media types) won't be needed, only that in my experience, RDF/XML is a decent 95% solution. Hence my comment about RDF/XML "moderating" the need for an explosion of XML media types. Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca