I just wondered why there is no "item" relation (ore something similar) registered at [1] with the semantics of "this is an item of this collection resource"....
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mike amundsen
mamund
Oct 2, 2011 2:04 pm
Jakob: I have an I-D in process now: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-amundsen-item-and-collection-link-relations-02 Feel free to make comments/suggestions...
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mark69_fnd
Oct 3, 2011 2:09 pm
I need to update a single field of a resource and I think to PUT the new field value in the URL parameter leaving empty request body. Is it an acceptable...
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Mike Kelly
pleb1985
Oct 3, 2011 2:38 pm
Not really, if you want to process partials then use PATCH or POST on the full resource as it makes the interaction clearer...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 3, 2011 3:35 pm
... No, because the URI identifies the target of the request. It is not to be abused for carrying payload. Besides what Mike said, you can also define a...
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Will Hartung
gaminginparis
Oct 3, 2011 4:41 pm
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Jan Algermissen ... Yea, basically what Jan said. Mike was addressing that the resource wasn't complete and that there are...
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Julian Reschke
julian.reschke@...
Oct 4, 2011 8:37 am
... The registry page links to RFC 5988, and that defines the registry procedure; see <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#section-6.2.1>. Best regards, Julian...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 4, 2011 2:40 pm
Hi, can anyone point me to a RESTful equivalent (in Java, too) of something like Apache Wicket or JSF? 'Equivalent' in terms of maturity and rapid development....
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Will Hartung
gaminginparis
Oct 4, 2011 4:52 pm
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Jan Algermissen ... What exactly are you looking for. Basically a stateless, Java Componet framework with reasonable URL...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 4, 2011 5:18 pm
... Erm, no .... I am looking not for the REST part, but for the shiny-widgets and integrated development stuff. You know, hook that button to that method of...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 4, 2011 5:20 pm
... Mostly for sth that provides the good stuff of JSF or Widget (the GUI-building ease) and avoids session crap, POST-based retrieval horror and the like. ...
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Dan
danhaywood...
Oct 6, 2011 11:00 pm
In (a follow-on comment to his own) blog post [1], Roy stated: "Don't confuse application state (the state of the user's application of computing to a given...
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Will Hartung
gaminginparis
Oct 6, 2011 11:19 pm
... Resource state is "I have FM Radios, they're blue, andI have 10 of them" Application state is "I have an FM Radio, toothbrush, box of crayons, and quart of...
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mike amundsen
mamund
Oct 6, 2011 11:30 pm
Dan: i've worked on this idea (app state vs. resource state) a number of times and will offer this the follow as a way to start your own way of thinking about...
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Mark Baker
gonga_thrash
Oct 7, 2011 3:12 am
... I don't consider Roy's description opaque, but perhaps that's just me. But consider a banking application; the balance of an account is resource state,...
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Jim Purbrick
jimpurbrick
Oct 7, 2011 10:09 am
We're hoping to support versioning in our API through media types[1] and I just want to clarify how this would work in practice. Whereas URIs are generated by...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 7, 2011 11:07 am
... Ina sense, yes. Though this is more circumstantial knowledge about your domain. E.g. there is *nothing* that specifies that images linked to from HTML...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 7, 2011 11:09 am
... s/circumstantial/general/ [ Looked up the word which sounded right to a non-native but turned out to be totally wrong. Sorry. ] Jan...
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bryan_w_taylor
Oct 7, 2011 9:14 pm
Application state is defined by a representation that is handed to a user agent. It represents a snapshot of the clients narrow view of the world as it...
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bryan_w_taylor
Oct 7, 2011 9:19 pm
Just use "self" within the context of a child item: <things> <thing id="1" name="thing1"> <atom:link rel="self"; href="http://example.com/things/1"/> </thing> ...
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Ivan Žužak
izuzak
Oct 8, 2011 9:23 am
Here's an explanation by Roy: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2010Oct/0100.html Ivan...
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Jakob Strauch
jakobstrauch
Oct 8, 2011 5:19 pm
As far as i understand link relations, they refer to the context of the resource URI. From [1]: A link can be viewed as a statement of the form "{context IRI}...
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Daniel "Oscar&qu...
danieloscars...
Oct 10, 2011 11:36 am
If I remember correctly, the Context IRI is definined by the Media Type. Atom (RFC 4287) defines the containing element as context (" The value "self"...
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Mike Kelly
pleb1985
Oct 10, 2011 1:23 pm
Right, this is also a primary purpose of <resource> elements in hal representations On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Daniel "Oscar" Schulte < ... Right, this...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 11, 2011 7:40 am
Hi, how do I decide whether a URI is bookmarkable or not? ('Bookmarkable' meaning: 'Being an entry point into an application that is worth remembering') Some...
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Ivan Žužak
izuzak
Oct 11, 2011 8:47 am
Hi Jan, I must say I've thought about the same thing many times. I feel that there are two aspects of this question: 1) is it bookmarkable and 2) is it a...
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Mike Kelly
pleb1985
Oct 11, 2011 9:25 am
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Jan Algermissen ... A given application should specify its entry points explicitly ... No, this is not necessary - caching...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 11, 2011 9:42 am
... This cannot work because the application only comes into existence based on the choices the client makes. The server does not know what applications it...
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Mike Kelly
pleb1985
Oct 11, 2011 10:07 am
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Jan Algermissen ... Do you mean application state? Either way, not sure I understand your point; AtomPub is an application,...
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Jan Algermissen
algermissen1971
Oct 11, 2011 10:18 am
... No, AtomPub is a media type that enables a certain set of applications. The AtomPub spec suggests a set of canonical[1] applications. But there are...
