In REST it's necessary that PUT has paste over semantics (i.e. update
or insert if doesn't exist). Using it for partial updates is
incorrect. As the HTTP spec defines PUT with this semantics all the
clients, proxies, etc., assume it, so we have to follow it precisely.
OTOH the HTTP verbs are extensible so we can define our own verbs to
do operations with other semantics. There's already a PATCH proposal
allowing partial updates of resources, you can see a blog entry about
the issues (from the proposal author) here:
http://www.snellspace.com/wp/?p=894.
Best regards,
Daniel Yokomizo.
Thanks for the comment! I didn't think of the consequences when
misusing the PUT verb.
The PATCH method draft was posted in January, and the latest comment
in the blog entry is from the end of february, does anybody know how
far they have come?
And is there a probability that PATCH will be implemented in CouchDB?
Best regards
Sebastian
