Hi all, Fine with me. It definitely makes transactions clearer and simpler. Another advantage is that in case or errors at the client or server side, the consequences are limited to a smaller set of requested objects. Sabine
De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Richard Alimi Envoyé : mardi 14 mai 2013 18:25 À : [email protected] Objet : [alto] Number of media types per resource When we started specifying the format of the Information Resource Directory (IRD), one concern was the overall size. As such, we designed mechanisms to allowed a single entry in the IRD to specify that it could handle multiple media types (both in the request and could provide multiple media types). Based on some recent (off-list) discussions with Wendy, this may be less of a concern and we may want to go for simplicity. Here's an example of one entry we have now: { "uri" : "http://custom.alto.example.com/maps";, "media-types" : [ "application/alto-networkmap+json", "application/alto-costmap+json" ], "accepts" : [ "application/alto-networkmapfilter+json", "application/alto-costmapfilter+json" ] } The proposal is to have each entry declare exactly one media-type for the response, and either 0 or 1 media types for the request (e.g., the unfiltered cost map doesn't need anything in the request - it's a simple GET). Here's what the corresponding entry from above would look like: { "uri" : "http://custom.alto.example.com/maps";, "media-type" : "application/alto-networkmap+json", "accepts" : "application/alto-networkmapfilter+json", }, { "uri" : "http://custom.alto.example.com/maps";, "media-types" : "application/alto-costmap+json", "accepts" : "application/alto-costmapfilter+json", } The editors think this is a reasonable change to make. Comments are very welcome. Since we are on a tight schedule here, if we don't hear anything within the next week (by May 21st), we will make the corresponding changes to the draft. Thanks! Rich
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