Comments on: What next? http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/what-next/ Celebrating the power of the Web Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mike Pittaro http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Mike Pittaro Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:46:41 +0000 http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/08/what-next/#comment-272 Mark, I though about the 'whats next' question for four months, and lo and behold, Amazon throws a wild pitch, just to see if we're watching ! http://www.dehora.net/journal/2007/12/16/amazon-simpledb-non-rest-api/ So, while the REST debate may be over and won, the reality is that even major players can get it wrong. So, what next ? Well, how about taking REST data services to the next level, where we could start to leverage the benefits of uniform interfaces, as opposed to just extolling the benefits ? Mark, I though about the ‘whats next’ question for four months, and lo and behold, Amazon throws a wild pitch, just to see if we’re watching !
http://www.dehora.net/journal/2007/12/16/amazon-simpledb-non-rest-api/

So, while the REST debate may be over and won, the reality is that even major players can get it wrong.

So, what next ? Well, how about taking REST data services to the next level, where we could start to leverage the benefits of uniform interfaces, as opposed to just extolling the benefits ?

]]> By: Henry Story http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Henry Story Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:39:38 +0000 http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/08/what-next/#comment-269 Well the REST debate is over and won. But the Semantic Web debate, which is just the other side of the REST coin, needs some good evangelism. You won't find the space overcrowded here. It is also great fun to be able to do battle with such powerful tools... Well the REST debate is over and won. But the Semantic Web debate, which is just the other side of the REST coin, needs some good evangelism. You won’t find the space overcrowded here. It is also great fun to be able to do battle with such powerful tools…

]]> By: Patrick Mueller http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Patrick Mueller Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:37:00 +0000 http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/08/what-next/#comment-271 Issues w/r/t 'partial updates' and updates affecting multiple resources come up a lot. Another issue is why some of these 'REST' APIs we use, like Flickr, aren't following RESTy patterns, and how they could be redesigned to be RESTy interfaces. Also, a lot of the RESTy examples are rather simplistic; what happens when my web 'application' grows to supporting 20-30 services and data types; what sorts of tools / frameworks / libraries might we expect we'll need to both implement the app, and act as a client to the app. Issues w/r/t ‘partial updates’ and updates affecting multiple resources come up a lot.

Another issue is why some of these ‘REST’ APIs we use, like Flickr, aren’t following RESTy patterns, and how they could be redesigned to be RESTy interfaces.

Also, a lot of the RESTy examples are rather simplistic; what happens when my web ‘application’ grows to supporting 20-30 services and data types; what sorts of tools / frameworks / libraries might we expect we’ll need to both implement the app, and act as a client to the app.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/what-next/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Matthew Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:27:11 +0000 http://www.markbaker.ca/blog/2007/08/08/what-next/#comment-270 Write posts of each kind just to mix things up. They are all potentially interesting topics. Write posts of each kind just to mix things up. They are all potentially interesting topics.

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