Article:		The Atom API
Subject:		Informative, But...
Date:		2003-10-16 10:40:17
From:		Don Park
"The Atom API was designed because the MetaWeblog API proved that RPC-based APIs were simply the wrong solution for this problem." Maybe right from Mark's pov but I don't think this is true for significant portion of Atom supporters. Also, PUT/DELETE discussion is still going on and consensus is marginally against use of PUT/DELETE last time I checked.

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• Informative, But...
  2003-10-16 11:56:00 Mike Davies
  
  > Also, PUT/DELETE discussion is still going on
  > and consensus is marginally against use of
  > PUT/DELETE last time I checked.

  
  I see five independantly working implementations and a draft API document based on a REST approach, yet I see no implementations or drafts API of any other format. Certainly looks like the initiative is with the PUT/DELETE approach.

  
  
  
  

  • Informative, But...
    2003-10-16 14:33:13 Don Park
    
    I don't think having several implementations of a PUT/DELETE-based spec is an indication of pro-PUT/DELETE sentiment by those implementors.

    
    The problem is that there is no deadline on these discussions meaning it remains inconclusive. Meanwhile spec is unchanged and implementations are being written.