There is some language [1] in the current draft spec about using reification for link labels. This technique has been used as a way for clients to provide a label to the service provider that it can persist with the link. This allows the service provider to display a user friendly textual label for the link instead of a "raw" URL.
One drawback of this technique is that the label stored in the service provider can get of synch with the external resource referenced by the link, e.g. if the resource is renamed. The use of reification has also recently under some scrutiny in OSLC Core discussions [2]. I think that our scenarios will require displaying links in UIs, and in my opinion UI Preview provides a better way to resolve the link label in a just-in-time fashion. So I would lean towards making support for compact XML media type a SHOULD requirement. Best wishes, Paul McMahan IBM Rational [1] http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/AutoSpecificationV2#Labels_for_Relationships [2] http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/OslcCoreMeetings20120404 From: Michael F Fiedler/Durham/IBM@IBMUS To: [email protected] Date: 05/17/2012 01:27 PM Subject: Re: [Oslc-Automation] HTTP method table Sent by: [email protected] I've added it as a MAY. Thoughts? SHOULD? Regards, Mike Michael Fiedler IBM Rational Software [email protected] 919-254-4170 [email protected] wrote on 05/15/2012 01:29:49 PM: > John Arwe/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS > Sent by: [email protected] > > 05/15/2012 01:29 PM > > To > > [email protected], > > cc > > Subject > > [Oslc-Automation] HTTP method table > > Occurred to me that we omitted the compact XML media type from the > columns. Should be added. > Best Regards, John > > Voice US 845-435-9470 BluePages > Tivoli OSLC Lead - Show me the Scenario > _______________________________________________ > Oslc-Automation mailing list > [email protected] > http://open-services.net/mailman/listinfo/oslc-automation_open-services.net _______________________________________________ Oslc-Automation mailing list [email protected] http://open-services.net/mailman/listinfo/oslc-automation_open-services.net
