On 2011-12-06 09:17, Thomas Mueller wrote:
Hi,
We could add an extension point to the compact syntax through the
following production:
EXTENSION ::= OP STRING ":" (OBJECT | ATOM | ARRAY)
where OP is any single character except for +, ^, -,>, =, @ (and maybe
some others to be defined).
That's a possible extension. The parser could support that. But I'm not
sure if it's a good idea if items that are not understood are silently
ignored. For example, if we add a new command "copy" as:
* "/from": "/to"
(copies the node "/from" including all sub-nodes to a new node "/to"). Old
implementations would silently ignore it? For proxies ignoring might work
(forward whatever is not understood), but not for implementations (client
side or server side).
The extension could indicate whether it's must-understand (such as
'copy') or may-ignore (such as 'metadata').
Best regards, Julian
