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[Jersey] Re: [jsr339-experts] [OT] Refreshing WADL Spec ?

From: Santiago Pericas-Geertsen <Santiago.PericasGeertsen_at_oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:02:40 -0400

 [Moving to Jersey alias ...]

 People do ask for something like WADL from time to time. But I'm also wondering if an XML-based format is still the way to go. Perhaps it's time to JSONify this? Use JSON schema?

-- Santiago

On Jul 25, 2014, at 6:05 AM, Sergey Beryozkin <sberyozkin_at_talend.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> It is off-topic, but I thought it would reach someone in the Jersey team here better.
>
> Would there be any interest in refreshing a bit a WADL spec ?
> We have a steady stream of JIRAs reported with users keen to use it to describe their JAX-RS services. There are few gray areas in the spec, and few basic clarifications would work well, no need to start a long and sophisticated process.
>
> Can someone from a Jersey team consider leading this would be 'revival' given that WADL was created by Marc H ? If yes then I'd support it, may be we can discuss it off-line ?
>
> Bill, let me say you'd be massively welcome too :-)
>
> Cheers, Sergey
>