Snake oil on the Web
Jorgen tries to convince us that Web 2.0 Needs WS-*. But he’s going to have do a lot better than arguments like this; And, as if to underscore why I don’t see the REST / POX / AJAX “religion” achieving...
View ArticleThe unsittable fence
Mark Little explains why he’s a proud fence sitter in the REST vs. WS-* debate; I’ve never believed in the one-size fits all argument; REST has simplicity/manageability to offer in certain...
View ArticleReinvention
Ian Foster writes about OGSA-DAI (Data Access and Integration); […] it provides uniform Web Services interfaces to diverse data resources Neat! That’s so 1990. How many times do we really need to...
View ArticleREST, misrepresented
Sanjiva gave a talk at Google on Web services, which also touched on REST. Unfortunately there’s a lot of misinformation in there about REST, including a statement to the effect of “If you want to sign...
View ArticleDave Orchard takes another crack at defining SOA
Personally, I like his previous attempt far, far better. Why go for loosey-goosey principles – few of which, AFAICT, are testable – when we all know that constraints define architectural styles? Come...
View ArticleQuestionable content
I tried to post this comment to Jorgen’s latest blog entry; Perhaps if SOA were defined, we’d be able to tell you whether there’s a problem that had a decent SOA based solution! 8-O All I know is that...
View ArticleThat human-targetted argument again
I wanted to expand a little on my dismissal of Sanjiva’s argument that “The Web is necessarily human centric”. Sanjiva, in his support for – and authorship of – WSDL, presumably wants to permit...
View ArticleNew voices
I’m absolutely thrilled that Tim has finally grokked REST. AFAIK, he’s the first die-hard Web services type with a strong public persona to realize REST’s (and the Web’s, of course) benefits over...
View ArticleREST is pro-contract
So that whole “contract thang” has popped up again in the echo chamber. I’m going to pick on Steve Jones a little (more 8-), specifically something he says in his latest piece; Where I do disagree...
View ArticleThe REST bandwagon: all aboard!
This made my day. 8-) The post The REST bandwagon: all aboard! appeared first on Web Things, by Mark Baker.
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