HttpMethodsSupport[1] is copied from the Atom Wiki CarrotVsOrange page[2], summarizing the support of PUT and DELETE methods in various server and client...
Is their an consensus to deal with http header in url query string when it's impossible for the client to manage them (e.g. html forms). It could be useful if...
Is an interface part of a resource? In other words, is the ability to make requests to and get responses from a resource part of the resource itself? Or is it...
Welcome back to this world. :) In answer to your question: simplicity. SID (which replaced SUDS) can be learned in a matter of minutes. No, it is not a...
We all know that API = Application Program(ming) Interface However, is this the correct terminology for RESTful interfaces (as implemented with HTTP)?...
http://www.seairth.com/web/suds/ Simple URI Discovery Syntax (SUDS) is a small, easy, xml-based syntax for discovering and negotiating resource URIs with...
Okay, I have replaced SUDS with SID: Simple Interface Discovery. Take a look at http://www.seairth.com/web/sid/. I have cleaned up the terminology (I think),...
Is there any comment here about the XCAP protocol at http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-05-29-a.html ? A very RESTFUL (perhaps with some restrictions) to perform...
There has been much discussion about how POST should or shouldn't be used. What seems to be a major sticking point is the relationship of the request entity to...
... What in a container representation, has you stated, imply that it is a container is the content type. In your example, I know that I can POST a mime/rfc822...
... Again and to be perfectly clear: THE FORMATS SHOULD BE *ALL* YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM'S BEHAVIOR ~90% of your specification described how to use...
... So suppose that a messaging system can accept in a POST mime/rfc822, xmtp,rss-rdf fragments, latex letter, etc. and stores messages in an rbds. What is the...
Hi, I've a REST interface for relational databases. A GET message to (table) resource produces the following list: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> ...
Am forwarding this post to the rest-discuss list as the document provides examples of the OpenURL being used as a query API for context-sensitive services....
Suppose an application detects a problem with the request entity. Should a 403 (forbidden) or a 409 (conflict) be returned? Only 409 talks about informing...
Trying to reconcile some of the ideas I've been reading here, last night I threw together the beginnings of a pure-REST Wiki. The client and server are both...
Typically, entities in a 4xx response have been html messages giving details of the error. This is fine if the client is a web browser, but more or less ...
First of all, excuse my english, I am dutch. I joined this group because I am interested in REST, there seem to be several good ideas here. I have a...
Okay... here's a test case I am currently working on (RNA). Tell me if this looks good or not: Key: {id} would be something like "seairth" or "bob" or...
I originally posted this question to www-talk@... a couple days ago. Maybe someone here has some thoughts? I'm working on a system that has a REST interface...
Hi all, I'd like to learn about how REST principles have been and can be applied to certain kinds of user interface cruft. I've just joined a company that...
For those of you who are interested in the RNA spec I was mentioned recently, I have been working on an implementation of it. I recently decided to start a...
Suppose you have a URI like: /client/xyz where all paths beginning with 'client' require authentication and 'xyz' could be any number of values. When parsing...
This has been a very interesting conversation. For the fun of it, what about the following architecture: Premise: I want to access my banking information. I...
From: "joujans" <hwlgw@...> ... Yeah, that tends to happen here. :) ... Assuming that all banks use HTTPS, HTTP Auth no less secure than the use of a...
... g> I'm attempting to define REST-style interface for a system g> delivering genomic map data. This is off-topic and I only ask because everyone here is...
Can anyone give me some advice on the following... I'm attempting to define REST-style interface for a system delivering genomic map data. Central to my design...
Say you have a query service that returns a bag of items, e.g. http://myserver/select-items?color=blue Ignoring performance issues for a moment, would it be...
