Re: linking from resource -> container ..

On 3/7/13 3:40 PM, Roger Menday wrote:
>>> Navigation is on the web is moving (i.e. browsing) between domain data
>>> resources. Along on the way we may want to interact to create new
>>> resources. This interaction is done using other methods POST, PUT, etc,
>>> via 'interaction' resources (which are discovered/linked inside the LD).
>> just as a clarification: there is no such thing as an "interaction
>> resource". resources are identified by URI and are encountered by
>> following links. the link itself has interaction semantics (such as "use
>> POST when submitting form content to the action URI") based on the link
>> relation type, and because of these semantics, the client knows what it is
>> supposed to do (and what it is expecting to happen) when following that
>> link.
> I fully agree and concur with you on that. I think it is clear that I introduced these "informational" and "interaction" words for the purposes of clarification in this discussion ...
>
> Roger
>
> p.s. the informational resources are also the bookmark-able ones.

How about:

Bookmark-able resources == Web & Internet Resources . These types of 
Resources can be denoted using URLs (locators) or URIs. Everything else 
can only be denoted using a URI :-)

Kingsley
>
>> for example, while the factory model of POSTing to a factory is a common
>> how to handle resource creation, it is only one pattern how to use
>> interactions to create new resources.
>> http://dret.typepad.com/dretblog/2011/11/creating-resources-with-get-put.ht
>> ml is another pattern. combining differently typed links (with their
>> interaction semantics) into meaningful and robust application flows is one
>> of the biggest challenges when it comes to designing RESTful services.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> dret.
>>


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