On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Jan Algermissen wrote:
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> On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
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>> Link headers provide a useful alternative to that of media types
>> for certain cases of hypermedia support.
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> No, I entirely do not think so because the focus on document
> oriented messaging is lost and I consider that essential.
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But from what you wrote below you actually agree with me! I am
assuming where we disagree is on the cases.
Perhaps there is a new term emerging: entity oriented messaging :-)
I find the use of Link headers intriguing but it is not the only way.
As Marc says in a recent email:
The first stab at this uses HTTP Link headers because its easier to
find and parse those than links embedded in
representations but we'll get there eventually.
Paul.
> I'd only use link headers to provide hypermedia that is not very
> domain specific but rather general, for example
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> - service documents
> - nex,previous,up,down
> - versions
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> Occasionally this could be loosened but I'd not recommend to stuff
> the domain semantics in a bunch of headers.
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> (Detailed response later)
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> Jan
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