- From: Eric J. Bowman <eric@bisonsystems.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:05:09 -0600
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: Samuel Erdtman <samuel@erdtman.se>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Julian Reschke wrote: > > Do you have REST-related concerns beyond the ones related to > intermediaries (which I share)? > The intermediary issue is merely an example of my primary concern, which is a failure to use REST as an evaluation tool here. Resulting in long, repetitive threads about ideas which should be considered non- starters, as they represent a break from the established architecture. The problems lie with HTTP, not REST, as per Chapter 6 of Roy's thesis, which could be used to establish some goals for moving HTTP forward. Such a process may even lead to a new constraint, say privacy, which would create a superset of REST. Seems to me, that would be a better procedure than "winging it" architecturally (starting with solutions to specific problems, rather than establishing overall goals) and hoping for the best. -Eric
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