(I’m feeling particularly snarky today, and this is only half the stuff that crossed my e-mail/feed)
No, really! HTTP over SOAP WS-ResourceTransfer explained: where model-based management achieves semantic integration in a service-oriented world.
Does REST need WSDL? In response to Alex Barnett: Yes it does! But WADL only gets us so far. We need to extend the specification to cover the uniform serialization of headers so we can introduce additional layers to deal with distributed transactions, reliable messaging and end-to-end security across intermediaries and inside the service bus. We also need an industry working group to tackle interoperability issues, especially as they relate to sparse arrays and attachments.
At the moment REST is only used for simple, toy projects, developed by hackers. We clearly need to move to the next step and take REST mainstream. You know we made it when you need an IDE to implement an interoperable Hello World end-to-end scenario.
SOA practice #64. Use well-meaning monikers to represent something it’s not. Rebrand old technology. Charge premium for each assesment. Sell it to people who buy cars by their color:
“In fact, there really is no such thing as a used car (or a reused car) in the auto industry. Instead, these “reused” assets are re-branded as “certified pre-owned” cars. A visible and comprehensible quality program has evolved the “used car” into a functional, reliable reusable asset by the consumers that purchase them.”
Enterprisey 2.0. So you bought into the SOA movement, got yourself one of those fancy ESB-in-a-box. But are you forgetting something? Yes, it’s time to bring back the EJB.
It’s not what you know, but who you know. And Microsoft apparently knows all the right people:
Rajchel wrote that she decided to move Open XML forward after consulting with staff at the
International Technology Task Force. She did not mention that the 6,000-page proposal, submitted by another standards body, Ecma International, had garnered comments and criticism from 20 out of the 30 countries sitting on the JTC-1 committee.
Alex Barnett