Re: Keywords, direct navigation, and search layer 2 (was: RE: "so -called" keyword and layer 3)

[Michael Mealling <michael@neonym.net>]

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 08:31:04AM -0800, Yves Arrouye wrote:
> But it looks
> like there is some confusion about what a service type is, and I want to
> clear that up. A service type is exactly what is described in
> draft-mealling-sls-00.txt: it is a type of service offered to applications
> (as in "web," "email," or "mobile web," these kind of things). 

Just to be clear here: at least in my own mind there should be a small
number of service types here. Given the choice above I would prefer that
both 'web' and 'mobile web' be folded into 'browsing' and then whether
or not its the web or mobile web or even gopher [sic] be done as
a function of either the URI returned or an after the fact capabilities
negotiation (give me the WML page instead of the HTML page)....

In my mind at least, the service type has more to do with what
the user is attempting to do with the sls-name than what the registrant
of the name wishes the user to do....

-MM

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