So, You are suggesting that Qamoos should be able to get the data using the GET method ? On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 02:51:06AM +0200, Ahmad Gharbeia wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ahlan everybody, > > The REST (REpresentational State Transfer) architectural principles > state that in order to build a usable and consistent web, the HTTP > verbs should be used according to the type of action intended. > > GET, where parameters are passed on the URI, is suitable for creating > URIs that are bookmarkable, indexable by bots and embeddable under > anchors in markup. Compare with a search engine query, or shop > catalogue entry that you may bookmark or send to a friend. > > On the other hand, POST is suitable for interfacing mechanisms that > alter data and should not be reinvoked arbitrarily. Adding a note to > a photo in a web album or a comment on a blog falls under this > category, in addition to suggesting an entry in a Qamoose. > > As far as systems' design is concerned the "taking-in of suggestions" > IS a data change. Regardless of whether it is instantly reflected in > the database searchable by the public or not or not. > > This is even more important with web services that it is for > server-to-human webs, and this what some APIs, like Flickr and > del.icio.us violate in some places. > > The page Nadim referred to asserts this in its abstract. > > Salam, > Ahmad Gharbeia > > More: RestWiki: http://rest.blueoxen.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl > > > - -----Original Message----- > From: Nadim Shaikli [mailto:shaikli at yahoo dot com] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 00:11 > To: ahmad at gharbeia dot org > Cc: admin at arabeyes dot org > Subject: Re: Qamoos form: GET > > As was noted by M.Sameer there is no difference [1] between the two > as far as QaMoose is concerned. I also get the feeling that you > misunderstand what QaMoose is used for and what it intent was/is - > there is NO data changing occurring in QaMoose, its main function is > to display the contents of a database and to take-in suggestions to > be processed by a human for future integration. > > [1] http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/methods.html > > Salam. > > - Nadim > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.1 > > iQA/AwUBQ2a6bG9Cp0X84DkFEQKpbACfVjF8wQLtWxli/vG6AQQKXd6MQ10AoOvC > z0aDVqbsDRzsYu3mdr5c+4cx > =WekC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Admin mailing list > Admin at arabeyes dot org > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/admin -- ---------------- -- Katoob Main Developer, Arabbix Maintainer. GNU/Linux registered user #224950 Proud Egyptian GNU/Linux User Group <www.eglug.org> Admin. Life powered by Debian, Homepage: www.foolab.org -- Don't send me any attachment in Micro$oft (.DOC, .PPT) format please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Preferable attachments: .PDF, .HTML, .TXT Thanx for adding this text to Your signature
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