Re: Information hiding?

Eric,

Looking at the preceding two paragraphs for context, I would
guess/think/say that the term "information hiding" refers to the hiding of
the server internal storage & retrieval mechanisms and formats by
transforming the data into representations using 'generic' (syn.
well-known) data formats and discoverable (via hypermedia) retrieval
mechanisms.

Regards,
Alan Dean

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:52 PM, Eric J. Bowman <[email protected]>wrote:

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> From REST, 5.2.1:
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> "allows information hiding through a generic interface"
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> I took a stab at a precise definition of "information hiding" but struck
> out. What information is hidden from whom? Anyone?
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> -Eric
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