On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Fabio Mancinelli wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I haven't seen any comment about the second proposal I did.
> It basically "moves" some URI path elements to the parameter list.
> These
> elements are the ones that introduces a degree of variability wrt to
> the
> resource, namely language and version.
>
> For example with a single URI:
>
> /spaces/{space}/pages/{page}[?lang=l&version=v]
>
> I can get the page at its latest version in the default language (no
> query parameters) or, by combining the query parameters, any page at a
> specific version in a given language.
>
> I think it is worth thinking about it because, by following the
> previous
> example, the 8 URIs in the "pages" section could be reduced to 4.
> Similarly for other resources where the "version element" basically
> introduces a doubling of the resources to be exposed (e.g., as it
> happens with objects and attachments).
>
> WDYT?
I don't like it since I'm not sure this is very RESTful.
But then I'm no REST expert.
Thanks
-Vincent
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