Cancel today's PSTC meeting (and look instead at RESTPML)?

[Gary Cole <gary.cole@oracle.com>]

Richard is in transit today  If members respond and indicate that they  
want me to hold a meeting I will do so, but I would prefer that  
members used the time to look over on the wiki the draft of the  
proposed RESTful binding to SPML: http://wiki.oasis-open.org/provision/restpml

The wiki page currently:
- Describes the proposed scope of the RESTful binding in terms of SPML  
Operations and Capabilities.
- Describes a RESTful API in terms of URIs.  In formal terms, this  
might be a Resource Summary.
- Describes a RESTful API in terms of XSD.  In formal terms, these are  
resource representations.

This proposed scope drawn from the emails that earlier circulated on  
the list.  The Resource Summary and Resource Representations are new  
material and describe abstractly a system I believe is rich enough to  
encompass the full scope of SPMLv2--other than those capabilities  
explicitly placed out of scope.

What's missing from the proposal?  There are placeholders at the  
bottom of the page for sections that:
- Describe the RESTful API in terms of Entitles and Relationships-- 
i.e. explains how provider metadata would work.
- Describe the RESTful API in terms of Standard Schema.  This should  
start with Person (or User), but should also include Org, Role and  
Group.

These final sections remain placeholders for two reasons:
1) The time I can spend on this task is limited, as each of you will  
understand.
2) The question of standard schema is logically separable, and I'd  
like to get some feedback on what I've proposed thus far.

Please respond to the list with your questions, comments and concerns  
related to the RESTPML proposal.  Also, please respond to this email  
within the next hour or so if you believe that we should hold a PSTC  
meeting today.

Gary