Re: Link relation for adding a resource

On Sep 1, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Erik Wilde wrote:
> On 2012-09-01 05:44 , Jan Algermissen wrote:
>> On Aug 31, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Paul Cohen wrote:
>>> I would like to define, in JSON, a link that provides a way to add a
>>> new resource to a collection of resources.
>> HTTP POST has that semantic already, there is no need to use a link relation for that.
> 
> why do you think POST has create semantics? POST does not have any 
> semantics other than doing something non-safe non-idempotent.

The original definition of POST was the same as NNTP: post an article
to a group (where group is the container identified by the target URI).
Hence, create a new resource under the target and respond with its
new URI in Location.

POST has strayed quite a bit since then.

....Roy