RE: [saf] Some work on the interfaces

Hi,

REST is too important to leave to chance, especially if we want to see an eco-system of open source and other reference implementations and POCs. I suggest a layered approach. Define the abstraction in the main spec. The REST implementation/binding could be defined in an appendix (slight preference) or separate document. I suspect there won’t be a rush to define WS bindings. :-)

Just one man’s opinion.

Thanks,

Paul

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From: Stavros.Isaiadis@uk.fujitsu.com [mailto:Stavros.Isaiadis@uk.fujitsu.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:40 AM
To: saf@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [saf] Some work on the interfaces

Hi all,

Attached a very preliminary draft of a REST-like interface. Some questions to the TC:

- Should we mandate a specific interface approach (e.g. WS, REST) or shall we just abstractly define necessary operations and then suggest how these can be implemented in REST or WS in appendices?

- Should this interface text be on the main spec or in a separate document?

I haven't added this to the document folder yet, waiting for discussion first.

With something like this in place, we can build a straightforward REST-like interface for quick POCs and demos on top of our SAF implementation (which is currently WS-based and a little bit hard to use :-))

Cheers,

Stavros

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