¥There are two distinct
relationships between names and things. Reference is different from access. The
architecture of the Web determines access, but has no direct influence on
reference
¥Reference can be established
by ostention or by description. Description is inherently ambiguous; ostention can be done
only to accessible entities.
¥Therefore, references to
non-accessible entities - the vast majority of references - must be by description, and hence
must be ambiguous.
¥Reference to accessible
entities still differs from access. Establishing reference by ostention requires naming conventions. Access is one form of ostention.