Hi Eric, On 12/12/06, Eric Newcomer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, I'm not convinced that either the REST approach or the WS-* > approach solves all problems. I would like to have a discussion on the > merits of a hybrid approach.
As long as you don't expect that from me. 8-) But of course neither approach solves all problems. I've never claimed otherwise. I do, however, claim that they address largely overlapping problem spaces. > If the world were a clean slate perhaps HTTP and REST everywhere would make > sense, but it isn't. Where are you looking? 8-) Because everywhere I look, I see HTTP, mostly used RESTfully too. > One of the big ironies in all this is that SOAP was originally proposed as a > Web-centric XML transmission format, and is ending up finding adoption inside > the enterprise instead. IMO, because that's the only place where people are willing to put up with such a tightly coupled architecture. On the Internet it's a non-starter. Oh well, at least Atom and RSS are picking up from where SOAP dropped the ball. Mark.
