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Re: GET before PUT on an EditURI


On Jul 13, 2004, at 8:05 PM, Joe Gregorio wrote:

The use-case granted, here's another: I'm a CMS blasting out deltas to
a feed, where I know something's been updated and I own the data and
the feed and I just want to damn well update it and not waste cycles
doing a GET.

So all I'm saying is that the language which explains how you'd
reasonably use PUT and GET, should also make it clear that PUT does
what PUT does, and there's no compulsory preceding GET.  -Tim


How about stating that the client SHOULD do a GET before
editing?

I don't think so, because I think automatically generated and updated feeds with a single point of control will be a common use-case (perhaps the majority use-case). I think we need a clear description of what GET does, what PUT does, and a note to describe the common-use case where you GET then PUT. -Tim