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Re: ANN: Building Web Services the REST Way

• To: Rich Salz <rsalz@d...>
• Subject: Re: ANN: Building Web Services the REST Way
• From: Paul Prescod <paul@p...>
• Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2002 12:05:13 -0700
• Cc: xml-dev@l..., "Roger L. Costello" <costello@m...>
• References: <3D22F197.40ADB79E@m...> <3D231767.8070003@d...> <3D237229.1EB4C33A@p...> <3D23C704.5070306@d...>

Rich Salz wrote:
> 
>...
> >
> > But, the first is a reference to a resource. The latter two are queries
> > and (arguably) not resources in their own right. Queries have slightly
> > different semantics. For instance, queries are constructed by the client
> > whereas normal hierarchical URIs should be treated as opaque.
> 
> Queries *can* be constructed by the client, but they needn't be. I can
> certainly have "query-string URL's" embedded in my documents.  In fact,
> in order for a client to construct a query, it needs external schema
> information: the field names.

That's why it doesn't matter much, but does matter a little. When I see
a query URI I am going to either ask you for the schema so I can
generate my own queries or not bother and just figure out the schema
based upon my common sense. That's what I do when I see a query URI.
Whereas, when I see a hierarchical URI, I am supposed to treat it as
opaque (or at the very least *hierarchical* as opposed to as a query).
-- 
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