RE: Internet/Distributed Computing using HTTP/POST: Bridge semant ic W eb and Web services under the same Internet protocol

As to my understanding, the problem for REST may be that REST has limited
meaningful description. It has only 4 verbs (or more?) like GET, POST, PUT,
DELETE, etc. I could not find any useful information about semantic Web
services in REST approach, while REST people said those 4 verbs are enough
for all ;p

-----Original Message-----
From: Yves Lafon
To: Shi, Xuan
Cc: 'public-sws-ig@w3.org '
Sent: 1/20/06 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: Internet/Distributed Computing using HTTP/POST: Bridge semantic
W  eb and Web services under the same Internet protocol

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Shi, Xuan wrote:

> 2. Since all functions, offered by the so-called "Web services", can
be
> implemented directly by using HTTP protocol without the need of any
other
> extra frameworks like WSDL, SOAP, etc., we can bridge semantic Web and
Web
> services under the same Internet protocol and unite both REST and WSDL
Web
> services within the same semantic service description framework. WSDL
can

SOAP based services can be RESTful, some "pure Web" things may not be 
RESTful.
Also REST is not "always use HTTP GET"
WSDL/SOAP is not "always use HTTP POST"

SOAP provides also a processing model and rules for extensions that some

incorrectly called "REST services" may have to reinvent in zillion 
different ways.
Thanks,

-- 
Yves Lafon - W3C
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Received on Friday, 20 January 2006 15:47:57 UTC