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Re: [6lowapp] HTTP and SIP

Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se> Mon, 12 October 2009 11:14 UTC

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zach@sensinode.com wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:40:41 -0400, Shidan <shidan@gmail.com> wrote: 
>> I'm pretty convinced that with the RIGHT sort of optimizations, any
> latency
>> issues can be handled without having to dictating general architectural
>> standards like using REST, SNMP, SIP, etc. which can stifle innovation
> and
>> lead to building everything with a hammer.
> 
> I think there is confusion about the word REST in the charter. This 
> is only meant to mean that if you want to proxy with HTTP and support 
> the design of web-services reusing existing techniques - then we need to 
> support GET, PUT, POST, DELETE methods. Maybe it is better to 
> remove the word REST if that implies anything more than that to people? 

Using the acronym REST may be a little difficult because many strongly 
associate it with HTTP, even if the actual architectural principles do 
not necessarily have to be implemented over HTTP.

/adam
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