Re: Re: Internet-Draft: JSON Hypertext Application Language

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:48 PM, François Verry <[email protected]> wrote:

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> > I think having them as two distinct elements improves the aesthetics
> of the type and doesn't add too much in terms of additional complexity.
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> I get it. Then it answers my underlying question, about wether
> implementations could actually treat links and resources through a
> common object model.
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Encoding a hal document into a Data URI and using that  does present a way
of being able to achieve something similar but with obvious drawbacks.

As I said, I did start out with this goal but in practice it is difficult
to incorporate in a way that both useful in practice and doesn't create a
lot of complexity. It's possible that a future media type could further
constrain hal and bridge this gap, but for now it is too costly.

Cheers,
M