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Re: [weirds] feedback on draft-designteam-weirds-using-http

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Thu, 17 May 2012 17:40 UTC

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On 2012-05-17 19:32, John Levine wrote:
>> Using URI templates sound promising.
>
> I sure hope not.  URI templates are a reasonable way to try to put a
> consistent layer on top of a bunch of existing inconsistent http
> services.  But in this situation, where we're able to spec the URIs
> from scratch, they're just an extra level of unneeded complexity and
> cruft.
>
> R's,
> John

I have no problem with the protocol hardwiring things into URIs, if that 
can be done. But please stay away from the term "restful" then.

Best regards, Julian

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