Re: Converging?

[Joe Gregorio <joe.gregorio@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:46:54 -0800, Greg Stein <gstein@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 03:34:24PM -0800, Tim Bray wrote:
> > On Nov 3, 2004, at 1:35 PM, Robert Sayre wrote:
> >...
> > >I might as well take this opportunity to formally object to the terms
> > >"PostURI", "EditURI", etc. While they're not technically incorrect,
> > >they encourage language that refers to URIs rather than resources.
> 
> +1
> 
> >...
> > and so on.  The word "resource" is a distraction.  These things are
> > services, best thought of services, and the URIs identify the services.
> >  Only web architecture wankers worry about resources. -Tim
> 
> Then call me a wanker. The Atom Protocol is defined to operate over HTTP.
> HTTP interacts with resources on the server. By definition.

Agreed, since the APP is built on top of HTTP then
the nomenclature needs to be changed to match
that of RFC 2616, which is that of 'resources' and 
'representations'.

    -joe

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