RE: REST vs. OMA (not SOAP)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Baker [mailto:distobj@acm.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:43 PM
> To: Burdett, David
> Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
> Subject: Re: REST vs. OMA (not SOAP)
> 
> 
> 
> For example
> > sending "AcceptOrder" might be a reasonable method name to 
> use when sending
> > a purchase order to a supplier,
> 
> So if you want to delete a record, use HTTP DELETE, if you want to
> revise an existing order, use PUT, etc..

OK, and if I want to accept (change the status) of an order, I
POST a message that contains an "indication" (method, header,
noun, verb, whatever) of the action that should be taken and
the new status of the resource, right?  That's how real people do
things on the Web today, don't they?   Is this un-RESTful?