Re: How much REST should your Web API get?

Yes, this is another great post from Kin. However this approach doesn't
make sense in a pure REST world when there isn't place for such out-of-band
definition of the interface (uniform interface).

Another reason to think about those aspects in a separate architecture
style.

Best regards,
Jerome



2013/5/3 Mike Schinkel <[email protected]>

> On May 3, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Jérôme Louvel <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Regarding media types, their power lies in their standardization. Having
> a separate one for each application isn't that useful, and ends up with the
> media type being used in a generic JSON/XML way or abstractes away in a
> programming client SDK.
>
> Exactly.
>
> Given Jan's "Not gonna happen" comment[2] related to standardization of
> media types, I found this blog post[1] from Kin Lane posted yesterday oddly
> well-timed. :)
>
> -Mike
>
> [1]
> http://www.apievangelist.com/2013/05/02/startups-need-to-work-together-on-api-definitions/
> [2] http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/rest-discuss/message/19384