Article:		A Weblog API For the Grassroots
Subject:		Lost properties
Date:		2003-08-05 19:09:03
From:		Rich Salz
Response to: Lost properties
Given the constraints of the column format, I think the "better approach" section makes a fair and accurate assessment of why REST isn't great. After all, the introspection file is just run-time WSDL.

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• Lost properties
  2003-08-05 20:05:36 Mark Baker [Reply]
  
  No, the introspection file declares resource types, while WSDL declares interfaces.
  
  
  • Lost properties
    2003-08-05 20:17:41 Rich Salz [Reply]
    
    Introspection says "post this kind of message here", where the message type is identified by the element name in the file, but defined out of band. "Post a resource" vs "post a schema-defined document" -- to me, the difference is theoretical; the cost described in the column. Time for me, I think, to give this debate a rest.
    
    
    • Lost properties
      2003-08-06 08:48:56 Mark Baker [Reply]
      
      If you can't see the difference, or don't see it as important, then you're either not looking hard enough, or you don't understand the importance of constraints to software architecture.