On 06/07/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > keep in mind that the MIME type(s) are also part of the contract.
> >
>
> Keeping it in mind... but how does x/pdf or what ever it is
>
>
> Well, consider Atom and Atom Protocol, these MIME types are designed to
> enable the use cases of the domain 'Web publishing' (Feeds, Wikis, etc).
Which as Dan so rightly blogged about are aimed at people
interactions. ATOM doesn't describe functional elements, its just
another data format.
>
>
> > actually
> > help? How using MIME types do you describe the functional contract in
> > a standard way to enable tools to discover and invoke that functional
> > contract?
>
>
> Usually via link semantics (the client needs to understand what the
> invocation of a link actually means, surely HTML's <a href=""> does not
> enable much.
And how do you communicate that to them? HOW do they understand what
the URI (I assume you mean URI) means? Ditto for the content.
>
> Link semantics and HTTPs generic state manipulation API go a very long way.
> The generic meaning of POST ('process this') can be combined with typing
> information of the resource you POST to. That means, if you want to submit an
> order for processing, you better make sure you POST it to an order-processor
> than to a collection of blob entries.
>
And how is this defined? How do you communicate to the consumers that
"this is the order processing call, data format and functional
semantics".
> If there is no MIME type that does what you need and if you are inside an
> intranet, roll your own.
>
I might be missing something here, but where exactly are the MIME
types for business entities? "Roll your own" is hardly a great step
forwards in IT.
>
>
> Jan
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