[esip-semanticweb] posted initial version of ToolMatch data model

[Mattmann, Chris A (388J)]

Hi Hook,

On Mar 2, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Hua, Hook (388C) wrote:
>> 
> 
> 
> Many REST service frameworks support RESTful dispatching of the request
> query parameters. CherryPy and JAX-RS are good examples. That is, the set
> of parameters
> 
> http://toolmatch.esipfed.org/findtools?doi=doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.695832&maps=
> true&os=linux
> 
> 
> would be (with encoding the "/" in the DOI)
> 
> http://toolmatch.esipfed.org/findtools/doi/10.1594%2FPANGAEA.695832/maps/tr
> ue/os/linux
> 
> 
> 
> But when you look at some practices in RESTful URLs with dispatching verbs
> [1], the verb is moved to the end to follow the spirit of RESTful
> resources. So:
> 
> verb.cgi?restype=type&resid=id
> 
> would become:
> 
> 
> /type/id/verb
> 
> 
> 
> Does that mean our URL example would be the following?
> 
> 
> http://toolmatch.esipfed.org/doi/10.1594%2FPANGAEA.695832/findtools

Nah, it doesn't mean that. There are plenty of practices with REST. I've
heard Roy talk about this a few times too and if you read his blog, 
even he'll tell you folks take a lot of different paths to make REST-ful URLs,
including ones that he didn't even think of.

> 
> And as Chris L. was saying with the need for query parameters, would it be:
> 
> /type/id/verb/{parameter pair verb modifiers}
> 
> http://toolmatch.esipfed.org/doi/10.1594%2FPANGAEA.695832/findtools/maps/tr
> ue/os/linux
> 
> 
> Sometimes doing things the really formal way may not the most
> user-friendly way.

Depends on who your users are, really. Who are the users here? 
But yeah, open to things here, just wanted to throw out my opinion
on the REST-ful URLs.

Cheers,
Chris

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