Unification: REST, SOAP, RSS, Blogger
Joe Gregorio: There is a lot of discussion on the proposed Blogger API Version 2.0 and Ben brings up some very good points. This gives me a chance to trumpet REST in general and RESTLog specifically in how they solve these problems.
Seed planting time.
What if RESTLogImpl.py allowed for the posibility that <item> elements it receives using an HTTP PUT may be enclosed in Envelope and Body elements, as described here. All I am asking is that these be ignored... the one exception is if some XML element contains a mustUnderstand attribute with a value of "1", then you return an appropriate SOAPFault.
I'm not suggesting that such an envelope be required, or that any other changes be made to the API. Merely that it be tolerated if it were present.
I can donate the Python server code for generating a SOAPFault message.