- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 20:47:35 -0500
- To: Walden Mathews <waldenm@optonline.net>
- Cc: www-ws-arch@w3.org
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:42:25PM -0500, Walden Mathews wrote: > Assuming we know something about the method used for deriving > one style from another, namely that it's purely about adding more > constraints > to derive new styles. Although Fielding prefers that method in his REST > thesis, we have no right to assume it's the preferred method here. If you permit derivation in a manner that doesn't carry forward the constraints with it, then that's equivalent to saying that all styles derive from all others. Not particularly useful. I can't fathom any other means of style derivation than by constraint extension. > What this means for SOA is both good news and bad news. The bad > news is that the architecture document is in error when it says that > "mediated > SOA" doesn't use URIs to identify resources. The good news is, yes it > does. It does because SOA resources are "services", hence always abstract > and dynamic, as distinct from data representations. It's a trivial test, as > compared with some REST cases. Whoa. I'd prefer not to go there. I'll just let my comments stand. MB -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Web architecture consulting, technical reports, evaluation & analysis
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