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January 2007 - Don Box's Spoutlet
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First, go read Doug Crockford's response to Dave Megginson's ode to S expressions . I was shaking my head furiously (up and down) until I got to the end of Crockford's piece: I think that Megginson demonstrated that it is hard to think about structure...
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Around 1994, Chris Sells explained to me how he designs software for use by other programmers: “First I write the code I would want to write if I were the other programmer. Then I do whatever it takes to make that code the real implementation.”...
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I noticed that XQuery, XPath 2.0, and XSLT 2.0 all made it to Full Rec status today . Despite the fact that my platform of choice doesn't support it, I'm a big fan of XQuery. Congrats to everyone who worked to make this happen. I do wonder whether the...
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This analysis of what I wrote last night about JSON and XML is spot on. People often conflate XML (a pretty basic technology) with the monstrosity that is the “Enterprise XML” stack built on top of it (starting with but not limited to XSD...
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Lots of folks around high-tech water coolers have been wrestling with the whole JSON/XML debate. In terms of raw format and underlying data model, I think it’s now been beaten to death. The Patron Saint of XML said it best here - it is in fact trees...
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I couldn't help but wonder after reading about GData's X-HTTP-Method-Override header whether the Googlies will come to the same conclusion we did. The initial drafts of SOAP were built on top of the HTTP Extension Framework . In those early drafts, we...
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RichB pointed to the GData protocol as a way to make PUT and DELETE work. GData does more or less what every other HTTP-based app does. It uses GET for queries and POST for side-effect-bearing operations of all sort (e.g., creating, updating, deleting...
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I admit it’s been fun watching guys like Tim Bray , Sam Ruby , Steve Vinoski , and Pete Lacey wrestling with the whole REST/JSON/XML/POX/SOAP/WS-* thing. My favorite quote out in blog-land was Udell’s quote from our own Chairman of the Board...
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I’m really enjoying reading Pete Lacey’s stuff lately. His recent piece, Strategic Direction , bears some further elaboration. Specifically, Pete points to a statement I made in 2005 , which is as true now as the day I wrote it: There’s...
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Tim has an interesting post comparing JSON and XML that has me wondering about several things. Here are some specific questions I have with the piece: 1. I don't see any reason why JSON has different streaming characteristics than XML. Every JSON parser...
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I've been doing some web programming over the holiday break (which for me ends tomorrow morning at 9:45AM) and I love IIS7. Favorite feature (hands down) is the new “federated” config that allows each vroot to specify its own script map -...
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2006 was an awesome year, maybe the best I’ve ever experienced. Here are some highlights: 1. I went to two concerts with my 14 year old son (Gwar and Panic and the Disco!). 2. My 9 year old daughter got Chris Sells to go all in and took him for...
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I got a call last night from a friend saying “want in on the ground floor of something special?” This morning I'm swimming in Lake WA with him, Purdy , and a bunch of other guys who can tolerate the cold. I must say jumping into a thirtysomething...
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