why don't you use the openSearch format? On Dec 14, 2007 8:57 PM, Remy Gendron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My APP server isn't used in the context of a standard feed provider. It > will > be more of a web interface to a backend data server. We are leveraging > Atom/APP/REST as a generic data provider interface for our web services. > > That's why your suggestion, although pretty good for feeds, is not > applicable here. I really want to chunk large datasets/search results. > > I am also willing to live with some infrequent inconsistencies while > scanning the pages following concurrent create/delete ops. > > My question was really about naming conventions when providing the page > size > and page index as URL parameters. > > Thanks again, > > - Remy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James M Snell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 December 2007 13:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RFC-5005 best practices > > I've implemented paging a number of times. The easiest approach has > always been to use page and pagesize. Doing so, however, has it's > disadvantages. For one, the pages are unstable -- that is, as new > entries are added to the collection, the entries slide through the pages > making it difficult for a client to completely and consistently sync up > the changes. An alternative approach would be to based paging on date > ranges, each each page could represent all entries modified within a > given period of time. Such pages will generally be much less volatile > over time. > > - James > > Remy Gendron wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > I'm implementing paging in my Abdera server. FeedPagingHelper covers the > > spec… > > > > > > > > But do you recommend any best practices on passing in the parameters? > > (pageSize, pageIndex) > > > > > > > > I haven't seen any recommendations from Abdera… Do you recommend > > Google's GData query extensions? > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for the great implementation! > > > > > > > > Rémy > > > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 418 809-8585 > > > > http://www.arrova.ca <http://www.arrova.ca/> > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1184 - Release Date: > > 2007.12.14 11:29 > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1184 - Release Date: > 2007.12.14 > 11:29 > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.2/1184 - Release Date: > 2007.12.14 > 11:29 > > > -- David Calavera http://www.thinkincode.net
