Re: Requirements for reliable message delivery

Mark,

I don't think the real world has shown much respect for the
restricted application model either. Hence the argument for more
ambitious requirements.

  Brian

Mark Baker wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> > The choice of HTTP in our
> > requirements comes about from customer feedback. In spite of the
> > deficiencies of HTTP, it is the de-facto infrastructure on the Web and
> > adding reliability to it is seen as important.
> 
> I don't disagree that reliability is important, but assuming that HTTP
> is a transport protocol is a very easy way to do the wrong thing with
> it.  HTTP defines an application model, which much more narrowly
> constrains how reliability fits in than is the case with a transport
> protocol.  Both HTTPR and the requirements draft do not respect this
> model.
> 
> For more on this, see;
> 
> http://internet.conveyor.com/RESTwiki/moin.cgi/RestArchitecturalStyle
> 
> MB
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> Mark Baker, Chief Science Officer, Planetfred, Inc.
> Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.      mbaker@planetfred.com
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