Hi Folks, My question is with regards to the role of a Web site in supporting queries. Let me give an example to demonstrate what I mean. Suppose that a Web...
Roger L. Costello
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May 6, 2005 8:15 pm
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Hi Roger, I think there are two kinds of querying: (1) retrieving subsets of large collections by parameterization (see Mark's 'indexable' resource type). A...
On Fri, 6 May 2005 16:14:30 -0400, "Roger L. Costello" ... Have a Bomb1 resource, which has links to (a) all aircraft that carry it. (b) all 'instances' of...
Some backlash to Google's accelerator due to the improper use of GET all around the web: <http://tinyurl.com/7chxc> ... Google ... “delete” ... Don't miss...
Ryan Tomayko
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May 6, 2005 10:10 pm
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... Wait a minute, take a step back and look at the situation - people are exposing DELETE semantics via the GET method, and then they are complaining that...
... That's what I was meaning to convey exactly. The Google accelerator was like a massive spotlight for GET abuse. Many have been saying that improper use of...
... I can only hope this kicks some people in the rear to pay attention to Web system design. Ironically, Google abused GET in this way with their Google...
On Fri, 06 May 2005 15:26:00 -0700, "Elias Sinderson" ... I think it would be more helpful to place the emphasis on the HTML spec subsetting HTTP. That is what...
... So where do we go from here? Does anyone know off hand whether WHAT- WG or other improve-HTML initiative has PUT/DELETE for forms and/or some kind of...
On Sat, 7 May 2005 03:02:06 -0400, "Ryan Tomayko" <rtomayko@...> ... I know that some people fought tooth and nail to have wider verb/method support in...
I believe the HTML spec got it right, I wouldn't want to issue a PUT or a DELETE (or a POST(a)) request from a HTML form.
But why?
GET and POST(p) are...
... That said, I understand the desire to enable a user to query to a Web site for information such as "what aircraft carry Bomb1?". ... *An* approach Roger. ...
I do respect your opinions on REST (many of your blog entries are del.icio.us) but I disagree with much of what you say here. On Sat, 07 May 2005 12:53:31...
... The WHAT-WG Web Forms 2.0 supports GET/PUT/POST and DELETE http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#methodAndEnctypes XmlHttpRequest as...
... One person has to get married to the job of making sure that browser apps can do RESTful programming, probably by spending 1-2 years developing a toolkit....
Vincent, I think I have managed to confuse myself yesterday, you are of course right. I'm not sure where I was coming from, put it down to a long tiring...
... AFAIK the first browser already had a mechanism for editing and used PUT and DELETE for that. Regards, Jon Hanna Work: <http://www.selkieweb.com/> Play:...
On Sat, 7 May 2005 09:00:01 -0400, "Jeffrey Winter" ... I agree. My interpretation is that he is advocating a simplified interface and format to data on the...
... URIs are only the noun of the nouns. The nouns themselves are the resources to which the URIs point. I personally think that RSS is a really good noun...
Hi Folks, Many thanks for your replies. I am still assimilating your comments. A question arose in my mind as I read the comments from Mike and Jan: To what...
Roger L. Costello
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May 10, 2005 7:42 pm
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... Close enough, yes. Though I would not use the term 'Web site', since it (IMHO) sort of implies 'resources are pages'. ... Hmm...no, I don't think so. I was...
... It seemed to me a fairly clear solution to the problem that Roger posed. Especially since he painted a clear hierarchy of resource information. ... Could I...