Hi Arthur Its a terminology issue for sure.
Many might associate links with traceability relationships, as opposed to logically nested data (what I believe is really being referred to here) e.g. When we want to retrieve all of the requirements within a DOORS module, that is logically nested data. Linked data might be test cases associated with each requirement. In the first case, we would expect to be able to retrieve all the required data for those requirements in a single call. In the second case we would expect to need 2 calls to retrieve all of the requirements and all of the test cases. /Ben ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Williams Senior Product Manager - Rational Publishing Engine Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 20 8818 4360 Cell: +44 7710 637 067 IBM Extension: 364360 IBM ITN: 37364360 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Arthur Ryman <[email protected]> To: Benjamin Williams/UK/IBM@IBMGB Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Date: 01/09/2009 14:09 Subject: Re: [OSLC] Reporting Domain Ben, The intended meaning was to include properties from linked data. I don't see the ambiguity. The goal is to avoid multiple GET calls. Arthur Ryman, IBM DE Chief Architect, Rational Project and Portfolio Management Office: 905-413-3077, Cell: 416-939-5063 Assistant: Nancy Barnes, 905-413-4182 Benjamin Williams <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 08/12/2009 04:28 PM To [email protected] cc Subject [OSLC] Reporting Domain Ref: http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/ReportingHome One of the key requirements for a reporting consumer is what is being referred to as inlining. This was formerly named 'Self Contained XML' inlining - linked data should be inlined in the response to reduce the number of requests I believe that this description should be modified to avoid ambiguity and misunderstanding. I think most people will understand that definition as meaning the data from linked resources rather than its intended meaning of a full set of self contained data being returned for the initial query (vs the common OSLC model of atomic transactions) I suggest modifying this definition as below: inlining - all queried data should be returned inline in the response with no need for further HTTP GET requests Regards /Ben ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Williams Senior Product Manager - Rational Publishing Engine Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 20 8818 4360 Cell: +44 7710 637 067 IBM Extension: 364360 IBM ITN: 37364360 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://open-services.net/mailman/listinfo/community_open-services.net Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU
