Re: Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-12-01 Thread Uche Ogbuji
On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 10:25 +0100, Henry Story wrote: On 29 Nov 2005, at 00:31, Luke Arno wrote: On 11/28/05, Ernest Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Henry, On Nov 23, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Henry Story wrote: A few improvements of atom over directories is that our feed can contain

Re: Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-12-01 Thread Henry Story
On 1 Dec 2005, at 17:50, Uche Ogbuji wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 10:25 +0100, Henry Story wrote: On 29 Nov 2005, at 00:31, Luke Arno wrote: On 11/28/05, Ernest Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Henry, On Nov 23, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Henry Story wrote: A few improvements of atom over

Re: Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-12-01 Thread Uche Ogbuji
On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 18:35 +0100, Henry Story wrote: On 1 Dec 2005, at 17:50, Uche Ogbuji wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 10:25 +0100, Henry Story wrote: On 29 Nov 2005, at 00:31, Luke Arno wrote: On 11/28/05, Ernest Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Henry, On Nov 23, 2005, at

Re: Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-12-01 Thread Henry Story
Thanks Uche for making me think a little more carefully about this topic. Your intervention has been very helpful in identifying a concern that is probably more widespread than openly acknowledged. On 1 Dec 2005, at 21:20, Uche Ogbuji wrote: Hmm. I worry about such a land grab. I'd

Re: Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-11-29 Thread Henry Story
On 29 Nov 2005, at 00:31, Luke Arno wrote: On 11/28/05, Ernest Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Henry, On Nov 23, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Henry Story wrote: A few improvements of atom over directories is that our feed can contain not just the current version of an entry, but all previous

Re: Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-11-28 Thread Ernest Prabhakar
Hi Henry, On Nov 23, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Henry Story wrote: A few improvements of atom over directories is that our feed can contain not just the current version of an entry, but all previous versions as well, which I think I remember was a feature supported by the vms file system.

Re: Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-11-28 Thread Luke Arno
On 11/28/05, Ernest Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Henry, On Nov 23, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Henry Story wrote: A few improvements of atom over directories is that our feed can contain not just the current version of an entry, but all previous versions as well, which I think I remember

Atom, files and directories: what it's all about

2005-11-23 Thread Henry Story
I suppose I am kind of slow in some ways. Perhaps everyone has realized this all along. But the relation between atom and a file system has just struck me forcefully recently. REST does not have the notion of a directory hierarchy. You may think it does because urls have slashes in them,