> clear: no Semantic Web systems require parsing of a URI in order to
draw
Of course.
> the "Semantic Web" in no way depends on being able to parse URIs. You
are
> essentially claiming the opposite, but fail to support your claims
with
I am in no way suggesting that semantic agents will parse URIs.
However, you can't stop *people* from noticing something in a URL like
isbn: or http: and thinking "this must be a book, and that must be a
hypermedia server".
When someone yells "FIRE" in a crowded room, you should expect people to
assume that you mean there is a fire. In fact, you should *encourage*
them to; it's only prudent.
They didn't have to "parse" the word or look it up in a dictionary to
make their assumption, and maybe you didn't really even mean that there
is a fire. But that's what people will assume, so you might as well
accept the fact.
