Re: Introspection

[steve jenson <stevej@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 15, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Ezra Cooper wrote:

> On Sep 15, 2004, at 11:10 AM, Joe Gregorio wrote:
>
> > Note that the Introspection file had it's own URI that
> > was seperate from the other protcol URIs.
>
> Just curious, if it weren't for the history, what would be the 
> advantage of separating the PostURI from the introspection URI? The 
> "feed" is a resource; in one case we're posting to it, in another case 
> we're getting information about it. Is it the distinction between 
> "getting a representation of" and "getting data about"?

Because we were not simply introspecting a Blog's capabilities but a 
User's capabilities.

Sorry, I'm joining this conversation late (I just noticed this mailing 
list) so please let me know if this has already been covered as I don't 
see this thread in the archive listing.

-steve