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On Mar 12, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Andrzej Jan Taramina wrote: >> Second, I know I am in the minority here, but pretty URIs are >> irrelevant. ... > > I'm a bit ambivalent on this comment. Machine to machine, pretty > URI's are > quite irrelevant. But when it comes to testing machine to machine > integrations, debugging and the like, which is conducted by > meatware, pretty > URI's can provide some real productivity and value. (snip) So why > not make 'em pretty....doesn't take much more > effort and can have some decent payback. There are graduations of this. For instance, URIs used on spaces.live.com are SO machine focused that it causes gag reflexes to visitors. :) I agree with you 100% that it is a nice thing to have (especially when you need to look under the hood). I only use (and sometimes abuse) REST for machine to machine interactions. In that context, "pretty" doesn't scale as services are dynamically generated and assembled. > So what you are saying is that the exposed interfaces and common > lingua > franca between such services/apps is what is key. I subscribe to > that, > especially in the integration space. Yes. That's exactly it. > Nicely put, Steve! Thanks! When I reposted it on my blog, I realized how poor my command of grammar is before morning coffee. :) So thanks for powering through it! A cleaned up version is here: http://www.mindtouch.com/blog/2008/03/12/objects-at-unrest/ Also, for the curious, a primer on how we build our software using RESTful services is here: http://wiki.mindtouch.com/Technology Cheers, - Steve -------------- Steve G. Bjorg http://wiki.mindtouch.com http://wiki.opengarden.org
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