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* [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/ahah.js ahah.js] Asynchronous HTML over HTTP
* [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/ahah.js ahah.js] Asynchronous HTML over HTTP
** was [http://epeus.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_epeus_archive.html#111588374981985824 JAH], an [http://technorati.com/tag/AJAX AJAX] alternative)
** was [http://epeus.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_epeus_archive.html#111588374981985824 JAH], an [http://technorati.com/tag/AJAX AJAX] alternative)
* Ruby RESTifarian plugin
  $ script/plugin install restifarian
** need beta gems/edge rails for this to work).
** prototype [http://www.onautopilot.com/oss/rails/rest_controller.rb controller]


=== Examples ===
=== Examples ===
* [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/C499496031/E20051019100520/index.html DARC]: Darwin-Apache-Rails-CoreData
* [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/C499496031/E20051019100520/index.html DARC]: Darwin-Apache-Rails-CoreData
* [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/C499496031/E20051026153908/index.html TurboGear] AddressBook (Mac OS X-only)
* [http://www.opendarwin.org/~drernie/C499496031/E20051026153908/index.html TurboGear] AddressBook (Mac OS X-only)

Revision as of 15:42, 15 November 2005

Microformats in REST Web Services

Introduction

This the home page for discussion, research, and standards regarding how to optimally use Microformats as the encoding for REST web services.

The goal is for all REST-related information in the microformats world to live under this URL.

Participants

Discussion Forums

Topics

rest/ahah
Asychronous HTML vs. AJAX
rest/cgi
CGI is slow, and FastCGI is designed for C parsers. Is there a third option?
rest/description
What, if anything, is the analogue of WSDL for REST services?
rest/opacity
Properly Interpreting the "Axiom of URI Opacity"
rest/rails
Ways to make Ruby on Rails more REST-friendly out of the box.
rest/urls
How should URLs be structured for maximum clarity & discoverability?
rest/webforms
Upgrading browsers to support PUT and DELETE properly

Examples

Brainstorming

Proposals

Note that these are all preliminary.

Implementations

Tools

 $ script/plugin install restifarian
    • need beta gems/edge rails for this to work).
    • prototype controller

Examples

  • DARC: Darwin-Apache-Rails-CoreData
  • TurboGear AddressBook (Mac OS X-only)