cfis : Resources and Representations Redux

Comment on Resources and Representations Redux by Andrew Larcombe

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:03:43 -0600

Plato had this nailed over 2000 years ago. :)

Comment on Resources and Representations Redux by Charlie

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:32:08 -0600

Andrew,

LOL - so true. For anyone interested, here’s a link to Wikipedia about Platonic idealism.

Comment on Resources and Representations Redux by guillaume

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:54:49 -0600

I don’t agree with the chairs example. In my opinion, your have three ressources, which are different types of chairs. Then you may have different representations of theses ressources : pictures, as shown, text describing them, sound maybe. So if you ask for /mysite/chairs you’ll have a list of ressources displayed, and not choices between representations. Else, how could you choose a book from another ? Are “Da vinci code” and Plato’s Republic only representations of the book concept ?

Comment on Resources and Representations Redux by Charlie

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:16:05 -0600

Hi guillaume,

It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If its important for your application to distinguish between different types of chairs, then you’d definitely want to make each type of chair (modern, antique, lounge, etc) its own resource. And the same of course goes for books, where the “Da Vinci Code” is its own resource.