Re: Bookmark 'stability'

Paul Cohen wrote:
> 
> I mean that *forcing* a server to commit itself to maintaining URI:s
> is coupling.
>

Maintaining obsolete URIs is not an example of "coupling" as applies to
REST.  REST isn't "decoupled" but rather, "loosely coupled" around
standardized data types.  The more obscure the data type, the tighter
the coupling.  The more ubiquitous the data type, the looser the
coupling.  What's being discussed is the degree of coupling between
client and server, not server and Web Developer.  It gets very confusing
when participants in a discussion introduce their own definitions of
terms.

-Eric