... AFAIK, you can use JSON in a Rest-style service, since Rest only defines the architecture (i.e. communication, "invocation") of the service. The resource...
... the ... This is an excellent question, and has also been a question on my mind of late. My thinking is this: The sole purpose of a URL is to "identify" a ...
Costello, Roger L.
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Dec 1, 2005 3:42 pm
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After a good nights rest :) I have a slightly better thought set - no query strings. A query string seems to be a way to normalize a response, meaning: to take...
There's been a lot of discussion on this point & my opinion is that the full URI is inclusive of the query terms. The query terms are actually part of ...
Hi Roger and Christian, ... A query URL (ie. a URL that contains a query path) is useful in a web service for the same reason it is useful in HTML; It allows...
First off - just for kicks I clicked the URL :) pretty funny. REST performed by JSON, HTTP Authentication tied to PHP - that is my target. JSON is clean and...
Hi folks, I'm new to REST. It sounds intriguing, but I don't see a lot of examples out there. I'm wondering how best to handle sessions. For example, a user...
Hi Lyle, I think the best way to start digging yourself through this (and related issues) is a bit of initial reading to get you started. Start here: ...
REST does not use Session IDs - period. The entire request describes the entire transaction. The mechanism to use instead is HTTP authentication, preferably...
I thought I would have more time to write up an example but here is the gist of it: If you go and look at the parameters of the 'open' method of the ...
... So this method would be called from the login page? After the user enters login info and presses the login button? ... Thanks - but how does this...
... AFAIK, yes, it does. You can use this to use JavaScript to alter the credentials sent for a given realm....(for whatever reasons one might want that) Jan...
Hi Folks, A URI is used to "identify" a resource: A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or...
Costello, Roger L.
costello@...
Dec 9, 2005 2:30 pm
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I personnally go for the no query string route only for the reason that certain proxies re-request a fresh copy of the data whenever it detects a query string....
... A URI is a URI, it does not matter if it has query parameters or not. Talking about 'constructing' a URI points out the impetus for query parameters, that...
... Some people like query parts in their URIs. Others don't. My personal feelings go towards "whatever works". I lean towards "query parts make for ugly URIs...
Hi Benjamin, ... I agree that there isn't a rigorous standard. However, from a ... as a multi-dimensional query. I would argue that "current best practice"...
In the following section: http://www.gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html#hierarchical the URI specification indicates that "The URI syntax is organized ...
Costello, Roger L. wrote: [snip] ... [snip] ... [snip] ... Whichever proves most convenient. If all similar resources that are also being encoded fit into the...
Hi Mark, ...something becoming smaller and simpler when revised is usually a good indicator for quality... :o) Couple of questions: Why did you replace...
... indexedBy is still used for Indexables, but parameterizedWith (urgh, needs a better name) is reserved for The problem was that there was a closed world...
... Sure...sorry, it was late yesterday and it seems I mixed the container and indexable examples. One thing: indexParam now sounds a bit awkward since...
Mark, sorry, it appears I was unclear about the issue I have (not only concerning RDFForms, but the component interaction in general). See below. ... Ok, yes....
... Yep! I still *think* it's a useful feature to have, but until a large chunk of the Web goes asynch (ala ARRESTED and its derivative styles), it's not worth...
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