On 7/25/07, Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > But not for those resources where its illegal (and I mean illegal) to > remove them (think Enron and shredding). It is not always valid to > delete something, either in terms of the physical thing or a > representation of it. As more and more elements are electronic only > the resource is often the only reference of its existence.
If it isn't allowed, then a 403 Forbidden response can be returned. > If the argument is that even if the operation isn't valid that it is > RESTful because its available to be called (and fail) that doesn't > sound overly uniform in terms of the semantics of the operation. Yes, that's exactly the argument. I don't understand your problem with it. Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com
