Thanks for the corrections/clarifications regarding what I said about
APP Erik.
On Sep 29, 2006, at 1:21 PM, Erik Hetzner wrote:
> I see no reason to rely on the APP draft, which consists in 3/4 parts
> of an XML schema for describing collections and workspaces of weblogs,
> or the atom format, when you already have a fine format in SRW. The
> atompub draft, however, provides a great deal of guidance in how to
> create an HTTP based mechanism for the creation and editing of
> resources, without the heavy weight of WebDAV, and there is no reason
> not to follow the spirit of it.
Totally, once again you got to the heart of what I was thinking. The
blog centric nature of Atom isn't really an appropriate data format
for Update. But the HTTP interactions in APP could serve as a great
blueprint of how to do Update in a RESTful way.
Thanks for helping me make sense out of my own ramblings :-)
//Ed
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