In Defense of Ambiguity

摘要: URIs, a universal identification scheme, are different from human names insofar as they can provide the ability to reliably access thing identified. URIs also function reference non-accessible in similar manner how natural language. There two distinctly relationships between and things: reference. To confuse relations leads underlying problems with Web architecture. Reference is by nature ambiguous any So attempts architecture make completely unambiguous will fail on Web. Despite popular belief otherwise, making further ontological distinctions often more ambiguity, not less. Contrary appeals Kripke for some sort of eternal unique identification, uses descriptions therefore there no resolution On Web, what needed just simple redirection, but uniform logically consistent associating that be done number practical ways should made consistent.