I support the change.
One thing that might be worth making clear is that the client MUST NOT assume
that the media type returned by the ALTO server is the media type advertised in
the IRD (i.e. the client must still check the Content-Type header). The
expectation is the media type returned should normally be the media type
advertised but in some cases it may legitimately not match (e.g. ALTO error).
Ben
On 14 May 2013, at 17:24, Richard Alimi wrote:
> 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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