[occi-wg] XML to represent an instance
Jean Parpaillon
jean.parpaillon at free.fr
Fri Nov 29 04:58:40 EST 2013
Hi Augusto !
Le mardi 12 novembre 2013 à 14:58 +0100, Augusto Ciuffoletti a écrit :
> From a very intuitive (i.e., unformal) point of view, it is a very
> compact way to describe an resource together with outgoing links:
> think of a graph representation. I agree with you that this offers an
> embarrassing alias for the operation of creating link, clearly more
> convenient than the "official" way. I decided to use this alternative
> exactly for that reason: it is very attractive, so probably the most
> frequently used. But I found the same point you did: once created, I
> have no reference for the link.
>
One solution could be to require the creation of a "real" link when user
includes it inline. The server must then return a description of created
resources, with id for them.
Jean
>
> So here is the question: is the "in line" creation of a link (as in
> the http rendering paper, sect. 3.4.5) conceptually acceptable (and
> why, we may have overlooked some relevant detail), or not?
>
>
>
> 2013/11/12 Jean Parpaillon <jean.parpaillon at free.fr>
> Hi Augusto,
>
>
> Le 12/11/2013 11:40, Augusto Ciuffoletti a écrit :
> > ...
> >
> > >
> > > -) inline links are introduced in the "infrastructure"
> document. I
> > hope
> > > that my interpretation is correct. It is true that in
> this way a
> > link is
> > > hidden inside the resource. So this is a critical
> issue in the
> > > infrastructure document that should be resolved, or
> simply clarified
> > >
> >
> > Could you point the section where it appears ? I can not
> find it.
> >
> >
> > Sorry, it was in the "http rendering" document. This is the
> link in
> > March 2013 revision:
> > GFD-P-R.185
> > March 22, 2013
> > 3.4.5 Handling Link instances
> >
>
>
> Ok, thanks. From what I can understand, an inline link can not
> be
> retrieved in the general links collection. This looks weird
> for me but I
> have not concrete case in mind.
>
> > ...
>
> Regards,
> --
> Jean Parpaillon
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> --
> Augusto Ciuffoletti
> Dipartimento di Informatica
> Università di Pisa
> 56100 - Pisa (Italy)
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Jean Parpaillon
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