What is "JSON-c forcompact JSON format as specified in the API spec"?
Does that just mean JSON with only a few fields? - Rob 2008/4/9 Vasu Nori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > please participate on [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, if this > interests you. > > The OpenSocial RESTful API spec is at > > http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/browse_thread/thread/f5a0cf3707709ffa# > > thanks > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jun Yang (杨骏) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:56 AM > Subject: proposal for an implementation of OpenSocial RESTful API > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi all. > > We would like to propose an implementation for "A > modest<http://tr_1207767015170> > proposal for an OpenSocial <http://tr_1207767015170> RESTful > > API<http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/browse_thread/thread/f5a0cf3707709ffa> > ". > We propose the following: > > - Use Apache Abdera as the basis of the reference server > implementation > - Add a JsonCParser to support input in JSON-c format (JSON-c for > compact JSON format as specified in the API spec, not a new MIME type) > - Add a JsonCWriter to support output in JSON-c format > - Add an OpenSocial API (Person, Activity and AppData, Java version > under org.apache.shindig.social.opensocial) adapter to integrate with > existing API implementation and keep the same interface on the backend and > the client > > for the following reasons: > > - The RESTful API proposal supports a clean and natural JSON format > (JSON-c) as well as AtomPub. Apache Abdera is an open source reference > implementation of AtomPub that offers most of the functionality we need. > Reusing it seems to be natural choice > - Abdera already supports input in Atom. We need to add support for > input in JSON-c > - Abdera already supports output in Atom (as well as a JSON format). > We need to add support for output in JSON-c > - Abdera's support for adapters that translate from a foreign data > format and protocol into its Feed Object Model (FOM) comes handy to support > existing data sources such as relational databases and existing > implementation of OpenSocial APIs. Existing OpenSocial APIs are very close > to Atom's model and can be adapted easily > > We have includes two diagrams as illustration of the architecture of the > proposed implementation. Diagram 1 shows the generic architecture. Those > components in italics are to be written. Diagram 2 shows the use of two > adapters, iBATIS (existing in Abdera) to integrate with relational > databases, and OpenSocial API adapter (to be written), to integrate with > existing OpenSocial backend. > > Please review and comment. Thanks! > > Vasu Nori and Jun Yang > -- Robert Sayre "I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time."
