[uf-rest] Don Box on Hi-REST vs. Lo-REST

[Mark Baker]

On 3/20/06, Dimitri Glazkov <dimitri.glazkov at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think Don's definition of Lo-Rest is, hmm.. to Lo' :)
>
> He doesn't specify anything about requests being stateless, idempotent
> (woo, big word!), and just about any significant rules of REST.

Excellent point.  Don (though he's not alone in this, by any stretch)
is notorious for not grounding his positions or claims in well defined
terms.

I think the best response is to avoid using those terms, and, as you
say, be explicit about which of REST's constraints aren't being
followed, as well as which additional ones are being applied.

Mark.
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