I was wondering the same thing. I haven't had a chance to go through the shindig docs in detail.
- James Robert Sayre wrote: > What is "JSON-c forcompact JSON format as specified in the API spec"? > > Does that just mean JSON with only a few fields? > > - Rob > > 2008/4/9 Vasu Nori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> please participate on [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, if this >> interests you. >> >> The OpenSocial RESTful API spec is at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/browse_thread/thread/f5a0cf3707709ffa# >> >> thanks >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jun Yang (杨骏) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:56 AM >> Subject: proposal for an implementation of OpenSocial RESTful API >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Hi all. >> >> We would like to propose an implementation for "A >> modest<http://tr_1207767015170> >> proposal for an OpenSocial <http://tr_1207767015170> RESTful >> >> API<http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/browse_thread/thread/f5a0cf3707709ffa> >> ". >> We propose the following: >> >> - Use Apache Abdera as the basis of the reference server >> implementation >> - Add a JsonCParser to support input in JSON-c format (JSON-c for >> compact JSON format as specified in the API spec, not a new MIME type) >> - Add a JsonCWriter to support output in JSON-c format >> - Add an OpenSocial API (Person, Activity and AppData, Java version >> under org.apache.shindig.social.opensocial) adapter to integrate with >> existing API implementation and keep the same interface on the backend and >> the client >> >> for the following reasons: >> >> - The RESTful API proposal supports a clean and natural JSON format >> (JSON-c) as well as AtomPub. Apache Abdera is an open source reference >> implementation of AtomPub that offers most of the functionality we need. >> Reusing it seems to be natural choice >> - Abdera already supports input in Atom. We need to add support for >> input in JSON-c >> - Abdera already supports output in Atom (as well as a JSON format). >> We need to add support for output in JSON-c >> - Abdera's support for adapters that translate from a foreign data >> format and protocol into its Feed Object Model (FOM) comes handy to >> support >> existing data sources such as relational databases and existing >> implementation of OpenSocial APIs. Existing OpenSocial APIs are very >> close >> to Atom's model and can be adapted easily >> >> We have includes two diagrams as illustration of the architecture of the >> proposed implementation. Diagram 1 shows the generic architecture. Those >> components in italics are to be written. Diagram 2 shows the use of two >> adapters, iBATIS (existing in Abdera) to integrate with relational >> databases, and OpenSocial API adapter (to be written), to integrate with >> existing OpenSocial backend. >> >> Please review and comment. Thanks! >> >> Vasu Nori and Jun Yang >> > > >
