- From: Kris Zyp <kris@sitepen.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:04:02 -0600
- To: Sam Johnston <samj@samj.net>
- CC: Jan Algermissen <algermissen1971@mac.com>, jpanzer@acm.org, Lisa Dusseault <lisa.dusseault@gmail.com>, Atom-Syntax Syntax <atom-syntax@imc.org>, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sam Johnston wrote: > Jan et al, > > In line with comments I've made in other threads I think it makes > sense for us to limit link relation discussions to the generic > relation itself rather than any specific implementation of it. I > imagine the pubsubhubbub > <http://groups.google.com/group/pubsubhubbub> Google Group (blind > copied as it requires subscription to post) is the appropriate forum > for your [no doubt legitimate] concerns regarding the protocol. > > In terms of the relation, I think the description could be improved > by dropping references to entries, Atom and RSS. It is conceivable > for example that someone would want to be notified of an update to > an HTML page (I'm thinking about this currently for status updates > to HTML renderings of virtual machine resources) or indeed some > other arbitrary resource. If we [continue to] allow relations to be > bound to protocols in spite of the availability of content types > and/or URI relations which are fit for the purpose we're going to > back ourselves into a corner before we know it. > > Accordingly I propose the following description: > > /Description: A URI for a "hub" that allows clients to register for > real-time updates to the resource./ > > The PuSH(?) group may want to consider using a URI relation and/or > dedicated content type in addition to the generic "hub" relation. > We (Dojo toolkit) have been using REST Channels [1] for clients to receive real-time notifications of resource updates. Could/should we use the "hub" relation for resources to reference the URI that Dojo/clients connect to for updates? And if so it seems like "updates" or "notifications" would be a more generic, fitting term than "hub" (but "hub" isn't bad). [1] http://cometdaily.com/2008/11/12/using-rest-channels-in-dojo/ Thanks, - -- Kris Zyp SitePen (503) 806-1841 http://sitepen.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqqSsIACgkQ9VpNnHc4zAyzrwCcDzMSbgxn3eQbZeK4PoIodlBw +kcAnRYANmZ4BrAcGkSabnFLiwjVOPLi =p7gL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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