[Catalyst] (OT) Navigation parameters in session

[Tomas Doran]

On 26 Feb 2009, at 16:54, Zbigniew Lukasiak wrote:
> I think I can have some
> fighting chance to counter that trend if I feed the bosses with some
> authoritative enough documents.

 From the horses mouth (Tim Berners-Lee) in 1991:

http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/UI.html

 > Some basic principles:
 >
 > 1. Anything of any value and persistence must have a URI so that  
it can be referenced (yes, I
 > know Microsoft have a Moniker scheme but now it has to be URIs to  
go global).
 >
 > 2. Any place I can use a URI I can use any URI.
 >
 > 3. Links are an evident as a primary user interface metaphor, with  
a consistent drag/drop or
 > control/drag/drop for link creation, and consistent ways of  
viewing by link type.
 >
 > 4. The system should generate persistent URIs wherever possible.  
These can be just URLs in
 > file or http space but they should not change. This is a longer  
term thing.

and in 1996: http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Axioms.html

 > Axiom 0a: Universality 2
 >
 > Any resource of significance should be given a URI.
 >
 > <snip>
 >
 >This means that no information which has any significance and  
persistence should be made
 > available in a way that one cannot refer to it with a URI.

I think those both make the point nicely. Are those authoritative  
enough for you? :)

Cheers
t0m