http:// vs https:// in OWL ? was: Re: [doap-interest] RDFohloh

Edd Dumbill edd at usefulinc.com
Fri May 23 13:28:48 BST 2008


On 14 May 2008, at 09:03, Stuart A. Yeates wrote:
> Have you guys given any thought to whether to use http:// or https://
> URLs now that ohloh supports these?
>
> I'm thinking I'd rather not generate two URLs everywhere, but I'd also
> like to make clear that all this content can be accessed securely.
>
> I'm sure that it should be possible to represent this in OWL, but I'm
> not really sure.
>
> Any ideas?

It's an interesting question, which among other things reveals why the  
https URI scheme is a broken part of the web.

I've no real motivation to further confuse matters for DOAP  
generators, so I guess you either put your preferred scheme in the  
URLs you reference, or just stick with http.

-- Edd



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