Comments on: When REST advantages weigh less… http://www.marcdegraauw.com/2007/06/11/when-rest-advantages-weigh-less/ Some thoughts on meaning, the web and everything Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Marc de Graauw http://www.marcdegraauw.com/2007/06/11/when-rest-advantages-weigh-less/#comment-14804 Marc de Graauw Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:33:20 +0000 http://www.marcdegraauw.com/2007/06/11/when-rest-advantages-weigh-less/#comment-14804 @Tom: "REST is about much more than caching" Sure. As you mention, uniform resource access is a great good. It enables linking & bookmarking, i.e. storing and retrieving resource identifiers in a uniform way, and that's a great benefit. @Tom:

“REST is about much more than caching” Sure. As you mention, uniform resource access is a great good. It enables linking & bookmarking, i.e. storing and retrieving resource identifiers in a uniform way, and that’s a great benefit.

]]> By: Tom http://www.marcdegraauw.com/2007/06/11/when-rest-advantages-weigh-less/#comment-14770 Tom Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:58:32 +0000 http://www.marcdegraauw.com/2007/06/11/when-rest-advantages-weigh-less/#comment-14770 Yes, good point about the caching. But, REST is about much more than caching. To me it's more about standardizing access to resources. "Convention over configuration." Imagine if all healthcare databases implemented REST and followed a standard resource namespace. Developers could much more easily interface with non-proprietary databases, with less training and troubleshooting, resulting in numerous cost-reductions across the healthcare-IT industry. This would ultimately help to reduce costs for patients as well. Yes, good point about the caching. But, REST is about much more than caching. To me it’s more about standardizing access to resources. “Convention over configuration.” Imagine if all healthcare databases implemented REST and followed a standard resource namespace. Developers could much more easily interface with non-proprietary databases, with less training and troubleshooting, resulting in numerous cost-reductions across the healthcare-IT industry. This would ultimately help to reduce costs for patients as well.

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