Re: Link relation types for non-GET links

[Klaus Hartke <[e-mail]>]

Mike Kelly wrote:
> You can use a standard HAL link and a link relation if you ensure the link
> relation is a URL which can be dereferenced to retrieve a machine-readable
> description of the methods and messages that are possible for that link.
> Just think of it as machine readable link relation documentation.

That's an interesting idea. It basically adds a level of indirection,
which should be useful if many links have the same machine-readable
description of possible methods and payloads. However, I think I'd
prefer including that description directly at the link, so a client
does not have to dereference a URL to understand the link semantics.

Klaus