http://hughw.blogspot.com/2005/02/when-you-sit-down-to-write-description.html "When you sit down to write a description language for REST services (a IDL or...
I'm exploring the idea of RESTful websites/services and have a question about resources and how to represent the aspects of a resource given a certain context...
... http://hughw.blogspot.com/2005/02/when-you-sit-dow n-to-write-description.html ... I find that a little misleading, and no doubt it comes down to ...
Hey Donald, On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:51:13 +1100, Donald Strong ... I came to a similar conclusion a while back but I have since changed my mind. I do not believe...
Sandeep Shetty
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Mar 1, 2005 1:38 pm
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I think that you should consider the pricing as a subordinate resource of a trade. First, you POST a new trade under <some_prefix>/trades by sending some...
[Grr, I can't seem to post directly to this list anymore. Trying the Web interface ...] It'd be great to see some REST-centric proposals, hint hint... ==== ...
... When I was working on the same issue last year, I noticed that domain names tend to be like foobar.com rather than foo.bar.com or foo-bar.com. What I took...
Hello, I am curious whether folks would consider "self-describing" a distinguishing characteristic that would place an ordering on URLs > URNs > UUIDs For...
... In short: yes. :) There's a lot more value in URIs which have well-defined resolution procedures ... schemes that defines how to obtain a representation of...
Hi Folks, Suppose that I create a REST-based web service. Specifically, my web service "accepts" resources (its job is to collect information). Thus, a client...
Roger L. Costello
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Mar 8, 2005 6:36 pm
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... [hvw] By analogy to web browsers and HTML: In the human-to-machine case, nobody ever POSTS out of thin air. You POST based on information you previously...
... Exactly. The same mechanism that tells the client what URI to use is going to define either a specific media type to use in the POST or a range of media...
... "REST is defined by four interface constraints: identification of resources; manipulation of resources through representations; self-descriptive messages;...
"REST is defined by four interface constraints: identification of resources; manipulation of resources through representations; self-descriptive messages; and,...
... I wish there were a version of Roys thesis not written to get a PhD. I.e. written for simple folks.... No hints Roy ....but it would be nice. (Assuming it...
I was wondering how one should construct a URI for a web page that provides a 'paginated' view onto some data. Typically I would pass a query string, such as...
From: John Elliot <jj5@...> <snip> At what point does a 'resource identifier' stop being a 'path' and start being a 'query'..? John </snip> Sorry, I am a...
... I like the analogy. However, wouldn't it be more appropriate to consider HTTP (and its verbs) as the 'controller'..? The MVC model doesn't really answer...
<apology>I kept sending this response to individuals instead of to the group. Now that I see it, I will try to send to the group in the future. </apology> I...
... Well, it's more than an idea at this point... ;-) It is worth noting that REST, as an architectural style, makes no mention of the number of methods, or...
Hi John, I was waiting to see what others had to say but here is my two cents. My previous posting covers the basics, and I reiterate that this is only an...
... GET+PUT+DELETE+POST ... protocol ... Oops! You're right, of course. Uhhh -- Thanks! I needed that! :-P Really, I'll be interested to see how this...
... There is a generic mechanism specified for HTTP/1.1 in the form of various request / response headers. Specifically, I refer to the Accept-Ranges,...
... It's probably better to use a reference to the other pagination blocs via links within the content of a representation - hypertext. Rather than ...
