Re: URI Template experience

* Bob Aman <bob@sporkmonger.com> [2009-05-19 21:35]:
> > It would useful to restructure the draft to separate the
> > minimal syntax that would be mandatory to support and that
> > would work both on client-side and server-side.
> >
> > Then, we could add an optional part defining a more extensive
> > syntax, suitable for client-side usage. I also suspect, that
> > a third part defining extension for server-side URI templates
> > would be useful.
>
> I don't think I like that idea.

Me either.

> I would greatly prefer one syntax for usage everywhere. If the
> syntax, as-is, is too complex to work with on one side or the
> other, then we need to fix it until it IS useful everywhere.

Agreed. The less variance, the better. For something that might,
among other things, basically supplant `<form>` for programmatic
clients on the web, with the implied breadth of adoption, the #1
goal should be relentless simplicity.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>

Received on Tuesday, 19 May 2009 19:59:01 UTC