Hi Frank,
The resource denoted by objects/{pid}/datastreams is not an XML file
-- it is the more abstract notion of the set of datastreams in the
indicated object. In REST, it is fine for a single resource to have
multiple representations, one of which is more detailed than the
other.
- Chris
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Asseg, Frank
<frank.as...@fiz-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
> Hola guys!
>
> the eSciDoc guys raised a good point about adding the method to the
> listDatastreams is braeking RESTfulness, since two different resources
> would be referenced by the same URI.
>
> "An important concept in REST is the existence of resources (sources of
> specific information), each of which is referenced with a global
> identifier (e.g., a URI in HTTP)."
> --from
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer#Central_principle
>
> since the two XML files (the datastreamlist and the datastreamprofiles)
> are different resources, they should have they're own respective URIs.
>
> Have fun!
>
> Frank
>
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