On 7/25/07, Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So are POST and DELETE therefore not RESTful as it doesn't make sense to > perform those actions on every potential resource?
Why doesn't it make sense? I think you and I have been over this before. IIRC, you suggested it wouldn't make sense for a rock to accept POST. But I don't see any problem with it, as it could be used to, for example, spray paint the POSTed document onto the rock, or move it, or whatever. And DELETE doesn't mean delete the *thing*, it means delete any representations of the thing. All things have representations, so it makes sense for the same reason GET makes sense. Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com
