Jan Algermissen wrote: > On Jul 11, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > >>On 10/07/06, Mark Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Steve - it is *axiomatic* in REST that all services expose the same >>>"operational interface", so yes, we do know that. >>> >>>http://roy.gbiv.com/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm#sec_5_1_5 >>> >> >>Nope, that is the INVOCATION mechanism (the execution context to use >>the SOA RM term), that isn't the operational interface that consumers >>use. >> >>With our lightbulb we have >>1) The URI >>2) The data format of the request/response >>3) The meaning of that request/response >> >>"PUT" is not an operational interface for a service consumer, it is >>the execution context that enables the consumer to be connected with >>the producer. >> > > Sorry Steve, I am afraid you just have to accept that HTTP indeed > does define just that, an operational interface. Or do you really > want to suggest that the authors of that spec did not know what they > wanted to specify? > > I am confused - why do not simply accept what that spec says??
If I put in writing the words "crumbling paper, mixing it with mud, and lighting it on fire produces a sustainable fission reaction" would that make you a believer? Sure, the HTTP spec might include such words. But, that doesn't mean that it therefore make sense and is now the only way to view things does it? Gregg Wonderly ------------------------ 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/
