Re: SPARQL, philosophy n'stuff.. from Mark Baker on 2013-04-18 (public-lod@w3.org from April 2013)

From: Mark Baker <mark@zepheira.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:36:06 -0400
To: Barry Norton <barry.norton@ontotext.com>
Cc: Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CALcoZioSc2WLBP8ZJYos_MhiCk=UjCGC9gPyF15y-es7zZ4JUQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Barry Norton
<barry.norton@ontotext.com> wrote:
> On 18/04/2013 15:35, Jürgen Jakobitsch SWC wrote:
>>
>> I think the problem is that many people (especially web developers) have
>> not yet realized that SPARQL *IS*  already a REST API
>
>
> May I rephrase? SPARQL is already at least as close to a subset of REST
> principles as 90% of what the Web calls 'REST APIs'

I'd agree too, but you're setting that bar way, way low. REST is still
a best practice for most Web apps, even if a lot of people screw it
up.

Mark.

Received on Thursday, 18 April 2013 15:36:34 UTC