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But I'm not qualified to comment on that, or it's relevance=20
to the future of the human race.  :-)

=3DLoren

-----Original Message-----
From: Victor Grey [mailto:victor@idcommons.org]=20
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:14 PM
To: xri@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [xri] * and / discussion


Drummond Reed wrote:
> With 8 gazillion URIs deployed in the world today, there's no question =

> that
> the hiearchical view is prevalent. But from the perspective of one
> particular XRI application - XDI - I believe there is a strong need to =

> be
> able to represent peer link relationships. I believe it would be ideal =

> if
> there was XDI syntax that enabled these relationships to be expressed
> directly and compactly.

I admit to being a bit out of my depth in some the finer points of URI=20
syntax here, but as a (self-appointed) representative to this list from=20
the developer community, I'd like to weigh in that the ability to=20
"represent peer link relationships" is *the* feature of XRI/XDI that=20
will distinguish it as something revolutionary.

RDF, Topic Maps, the Semantic Web, are all expressions of a widespread,=20
somewhat frustrated desire to fully realize the potential of the=20
internet as a tool to facilitate nonhierarchical human interaction. If=20
we can create an elegant and RESTful way to represent peer link=20
relationships, I believe we will have gone beyond making an incremental=20
technical advance - we will have contributed to the success of a new=20
paradigm that's desperately needed if the human race is to have a=20
future.

Hope that's not too grandiose for y'all, but that's my $.02

Victor Grey


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