Of all of the blog activity around WS-Transfer,
Bill's post wins my vote as the most insightful so far.
My favorite quote is the following:
Where WS-Transfer may prove useful is in breaking down barriers and getting architectural factions to the table by raising awareness that there are issues with both REST and Webservices approaches.
To me, this is the most important reason for shipping this particular spec. The fact that some people may implement it and get value from that implementation is pure gravy.
As an aside, I've always viewed SOAP as existing to put structure around POST and other "raw" message delivery metaphors. The motivation for using SOAP with HTTP GET has always been a stretch, as HTTP GET has well-enough defined semantics already (as the RESTafarians are so quick to point out).
And obviously, a big "+1" to the observation that the reality of HTTP (HEAD/GET/POST) is a far cry from Roy's post-mortem/thesis that captured people's imaginations.
Posted
Oct 13 2004, 01:28 AM
by
don-box