On 06/07/06, Stuart Charlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, SOAP/WSDL interfaces can be defined in a uniform way, and achieve the > same network effects. This tends not to happen in practice, but it can.
I know this might sound odd... but I've not seen any REST examples in the corporate sphere but loads of SOAP/WSDL ones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Travel_Alliance is a nice example and the GDS vendors are all either there or moving that way. That is just one sector, its the same everywhere I look in the commercial space, successful collaborations based around Web Services. > > Secondly, REST doesn't solve the data interpretation problem, which still > exists. It does solve two other big problems: universal identification & > access methods. Which are huge wins -- you've already agreed on the > semantics of your operation Nope, you've agreed on the syntax, the semantics are the MEANING of the operation, which you definately haven't identified using a URI and HTTP. > > And yes, apologies, document-oriented SOAP/WSDL != RPC. > > Cheers > Stu > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Steve Jones > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2006 9:49:47 AM > Subject: Re: [service-orientated-architecture] RESTful lightbulb > > > But the same could be said of SOAP/WSDL, indeed most of the > financially successful ones out there in industry at the moment appear > to be using the SOAP/WSDL approach. > > > > Apples and oranges though, one is a human centric system where the > interpretation is done people people, and the other is system to > system where the interpretation has to be defined and agreed. > Integrating businesses and systems is not the same as slapping up a > web page. > > SOAP/WSDL != RPC in every case BTW, that is just one of the available > styles. > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/NhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
