Re: Meta-service doc/collection

[John <jpanzer@xxxxxxx>]

I'd be happy to work on common Apis for this... I hesitate to use the  
word standard :)

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On Jan 18, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Tim Bray <Tim.Bray@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm turning back to mod_atom after ignoring it for a couple of  
> months.  One of the problems is that you create a blog by adding a  
> line to the Apache config file.  One config-file line, one  
> publication, nice and simple.  This doesn't scale if you want to  
> create/destroy pubs much at all.  So I've been wondering how you'd  
> go about allowing people to create publications without screwing  
> with config files.  The answer is obvious: you have one service doc  
> and collection, where the entries represent the publications, with  
> links to the service docs.  Then you can create and delete  
> publications and update their metadata via the Atom Protocol with  
> POST/PUT/DELETE to the "meta-service" doc and the links in the "meta- 
> collection" doc.
>
> Interesting question: to create a new publication, do you need to  
> post an Entry with <content type="application/atomsvc+xml">?  I  
> don't think so...
>
> Anyhow... is that all one needs to say?  Or are there some other  
> things to be worked out that might benefit from standardization?   
> I'll have a more informed opinion after I finish implementing.
>
> It occurs to me that having a <link rel="meta-service" href="URI of  
> meta-service doc" /> might be nice.  But I don't need one so maybe  
> YAGNI.
>
>  -Tim