- From: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 22:17:01 -0700
- To: "Burdett, David" <david.burdett@commerceone.com>
- CC: David Orchard <dorchard@bea.com>, www-ws-arch@w3.org
"Burdett, David" wrote: > > This work group seems to be degenerating into a REST vs SOAP debate ... > which is very, very sad ;( > > Judging by the conviction of people such as Paul below I am sure that REST > can do all the things that SOAP can do. REST is an architectural style. SOAP is a syntax. The current SOAP specification has quite reasonable support for the REST architectural style. > They might even do them better - I don't really care. Despite the fact that SOAP can be used by REST, I personally find it disappointing to learn that there are member reps who are not motivated by technical quality. -- Come discuss XML and REST web services at: Open Source Conference: July 22-26, 2002, conferences.oreillynet.com Extreme Markup: Aug 4-9, 2002, www.extrememarkup.com/extreme/
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