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Re: [apps-discuss] JSON Hypertext Application Language

Manuel Simoni <msimoni@gmail.com> Sat, 09 June 2012 11:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [apps-discuss] JSON Hypertext Application Language
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On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 June 2012 18:50, Mike Kelly <mikekelly321@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-kelly-json-hal-00.txt
>>
>> Feedback welcome..
>
> Let's test that theory...
>
> I was initially inclined to call this an abomination, but that would
> require fairly strong substantiation.  Let's just go with unnecessary.
>
> Some colleagues gave me an overview of an API that uses something very
> much like this.  And aside from the initial aesthetic reaction, I have
> two complaints:
>
> - _links is almost useless
> - _embedded is an unnecessary optimization

Disagree vehemently on the first point. Generic links in JSON are as
useful as generic links in HTML.

I agree on the second point. _embedded turns the specification from a
generic linking thing into a quite specific application profile. Maybe
there should be two specifications, one for _links, and one for
_embedded?

Manuel Simoni

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