It’s just data
Based on the recent discussions on verbs, it seems appropriate to make a more clear distinction between verbs as message exchange patterns (necessary, but as a rule, the fewer the better), versus verbs as imperatives (generally to be avoided).
As this distinction is subtle, I decided to sneak up on the topic.
Without further ado: I give you Topology.
Sam Ruby writes, "The number of frequencies emanated, when expressed in decimal notation, was estimated to be a 1 followed by some 100 zeros. For this reason, some called this point Google, but this later turned out to be a misnomer." While its an excellent essay overall, I feel like I've gotten only halfway there. I just wish there was a "case study," that would solidify this more. Ie, the traditional way of implementing this would be Xyz but now its all a matter of Abc. My current understanding of the essay is: 1) Design interfaces that reflect data, don't design interfaces that re-structure data. 2) (Gently) mock REST Am I off base? :)...
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Sam Ruby nudges us gently with his new essay, Topology....
Excerpt from Matt Croydon::postneo at"it is readily apparent that this force seems to be what holds the universe together."
I thought the force that
held the internet together was FTP :)
Joe: is FTP RESTful?
It is hilarious to me that a number of people have their knickers in a twist because SOAP 1.1 sends queries via POST (as does http://www.aa.com for that matter), but don't seem bothered by FTP which has long running stateful session oriented conversations...
Posted by Sam Ruby atSam Ruby nudges us gently with his new essay, Topology: "The essay explores, in a rather whimsical way, the fundamental message exchange patterns that make up web like interactions." [Matt Croydon::postneo]...
Excerpt from Juha Haataja: Universal Semantic Web at