Re: [apps-discuss] JSON Schema considered harmful

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Thu, 20 September 2012 17:54 UTC

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On 2012-09-20 19:47, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> ...
> ...
>     - Do not use multiple syntaxes for the same protocol. Pick one of
>     XML or JSON and stick with it.
>
>
> Agree but note that this conflicts with the REST notion of using URL
> encoded requests and JSON responses. Which I think is yucky but some
> insist on.
> ...

Where does that notion come from? I don't see what this has to with 
being restful or not (there, I said it; I'll probably regret it :-).

Best regards, Julian