Re: [webfinger] create/update JRD via Webfinger

On 31 July 2013 12:15, Kevin Smith <mrkrcsmith@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is there any intention for Webfinger to support the creation/update of
> resource descriptors? For example, an internal system wants to create the
> JRD related to a newly created user registration, or to update a JRD for
> bert@example.com to add some new link relations. Maybe by adding
> POST/PATCH support against the Webfinger resource....
>

The most common way to do something like this is in line with WebDAV, where
PUT creates a new document, DELETE removes one and GET reads one.

POST is very often used as an append technology, tho POST can be
implemented however a server wants to

POST can be very useful with a query language to perform adds, deletes and
updates

PATCH is an interesting one, and there's JSON PATCH [1] which *may* be able
to be standardized after JRD is completed

Personally I'd use a custom script to do this right now, or use another
serialization more suited to updates, and keep it in kilter with the JRD

Something like the Linked Data Platform [2] would be a good template for
this too

[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-ldp-20130730/

>
> Many thanks!
> Kevin
>
> Kevin Smith, Vodafone R&D
>
>
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