Jorgen asks Is REST the SQL of the Internet?.
There are definitely some similarities between REST’s uniform interface and the SQL language, most importantly that they are both coordination languages, a priori deployed application interfaces that defer component binding (i.e. late binding), which are ideal for deployment on a network between untrusted parties (hence the use of the word “coordination”). But “Resource oriented”, a term that Jorgen defines, doesn’t apply to SQL since its coordination semantics are not specific to “resources” as defined in RFC 2396 (i.e. they’re not uniform), just as it doesn’t apply to other coordination languages like Linda, SMTP, or IMAP. If I knew more about what he was trying to achieve with such a categorization, I might be able to recommend a better name.
no comment until now