Re: IDs + 5; everybody - 10

Well if we are going to change that, what's the limit on change? What  
do we need to keep to retain the essential "LSID"ness ?
-Alan

On Jul 18, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Phillip Lord wrote:

>
> The LSID protocol defines a protocol for resolving LSIDs some of  
> which uses
> web services. If it were a bring problem, the WS definition of this  
> API could
> be replaced with something else, such as REST.
>
> This is true with any API specification. In this case, the LSID API  
> is not
> that complex, so the translation wouldn't be too hard.
>
>>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com> writes:
>
>   Alan> I'm intrigued by this remark. Phil, would it be possible to  
> sketch out
>   Alan> how one could graft REST style services into LSID space?
>
>   Alan> -Alan
>
>
>   Alan> On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Phillip Lord wrote:
>>> The LSID use of web services should not really be seen as a  
>>> problem. Push
>>> comes to shove, even this part could be replaced or made option  
>>> if a REST
>>> style solution where desired.
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