On Dec 26, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote:
>
> Mark Nottingham wrote:
>> Your proposal puts the encoding information into the variable name.
>> That's one option, but I'm reluctant to encourage putting
>> this kind of thing in there, as it encourages URI Templates
>> to become URI Schemas, and they'll quickly become unreadable.
>> Encoding is by no means the last thing we'll want to
>> associate with a particular variable.
>
> Do you mind listing off what you are thinking of in terms of other
> things to
> associate?
>
PMFJI. A few things that occur to me are: type information (integer,
boolean, enumerated value etc), default values, and whether an empty
value is permissible.
Marc.
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Marc Hadley <marc.hadley at sun.com>
CTO Office, Sun Microsystems.